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    Grape budburst-harvest timeframe

    Agree with Rice. I'm in a warm spot in south central Montana, we seem to get about 2650 GDD (50f) between frosts. Last frost is about May 1, first frost is Sep 30-Oct 10 or so. I grow Marquette and Petite Pearl. Petite Pearl has a lot of different versions of ripeness, but the flavor and...
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    New wine maker in MD

    Where'd you get the Zweigelt? Somewhere that ships bare root?
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    Converting to VSP

    I'm currently growing Marquette and Petite Pearl on a 4-arm trained system at about 36" and 60" on 6' spacing, with permanent cordons and spurs. This works great for the PP, but the Marquette is too vigorous and the shoot thinning is somewhat overwhelming. In addition, the Marq will throw 12'...
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    Petite pearl

    Could you expand on this? My Marquette is good, not great. Harvest is about 5 weeks out for me and I want to make better wine than in the past. Any brix goal for harvest, yeast suggestion, vinting tips, ideal acid, etc would help. I need to take this wine to the next level.
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    Trying to decide which vines to grow

    If I were planting my vineyard over, I would focus on Petite Pearl and the other Plocher varieties. The Marquette breaks bud way too early. If you have spring frost issues or late winter thaw issues, Marquette will start growing and you will lose crop to frost. Petite Pearl breaks bud later, up...
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    Marquette versus Frontenac

    Greg, thanks for the help. I have separate batches of Marquette that are post-fermentation. We picked early to help keep lighter fruit flavors. They were around 24.5 Brix at harvest. One batch was fermented on rc212 the other was on 77b. Both have MLF going right now. The rc212 batch did not...
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    Petite pearl

    Native Yeast I'm considering fermenting the Pearl with native yeast this year. Any suggestions or methods I need to know about? I'm picking this Sunday the the 10th of Sept. I've previously fermented on RC-212 with good success, just curious about native.
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    Marquette versus Frontenac

    Do you pick based on sugar, acid, or something else? I have the luxury of letting the brix go very high (i can pick at 28 with several weeks before frost). I'm thinking of picking a little earlier, maybe at 25 brix to help preserve more fruitiness in the wine. Any suggestions?
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    Marquette versus Frontenac

    I'm looking for some advice here: Based on the Marquette parentage, I've treated it like Pinot Noir and expected results like pinot as well. My first real vintage was 2016. Numbers were good, 3.4 pH, 27 brix, give or take. I fermented until dry on RC212, about 8 days, then pressed by hand...
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    Anyone Growing Marquette Grapes?

    Here's a little Marquette advice I've picked up this year. Several books and forums mentioned using a balanced (10-10-10) fertilizer in spring, especially if growing on infertile soil (which I am). The growth is totally out of control. I do not plan on ever fertilizing again. Both the...
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    Petite Pearl Wine

    I have and had very good results.
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    Northern grapes

    I'm growing Marquette and Petite Pearl. They both make decent wine, but the jury is still out as to how good. Right now with early tasting on 2016, I'd say I prefer Petite Pearl. The biggest issue with Marquette is early bud break. If I had understood this when I planted, I might have only...
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    Washington's Powers Winery adds Marquette to lineup

    Super high brix Just crushed Marquette. I'm at 2460 GDD and my brix just measured 28 on my hydrometer. I filtered and retested, and was just a fuzz over 27.5. Doesn't that seem crazy high?
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    Marquette Grape?

    My experience with Marquette I planted 32 Marquette in 2013 on a 7 degree south facing slope in south central Montana, zone 5a/4b. Our coldest temp has been -24 and -26 F in two different winters, after sufficient hardening, and I have had no winter damage. My first crop, after barely...
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    Anyone Growing Marquette Grapes?

    A little help here: Some of my Marquette's didn't make it to the top wire last year. I've cut them down to 3 buds. Others were at or above my top wire. The buds swole and I intended to grow cordons, however the growth is all coming from the bottom and middle buds, the top are doing nothing...
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    Anyone Growing Marquette Grapes?

    Hello to the thread, I just wanted to add my $.02. I planted 32 bareroot Marquette in Billings, MT this spring. Vines are at around 3600', 6 feet apart, 6' rows. Soil is a compacted sandy loam, pH about 7.4. I installed a drip irrigation system and am watering about 5 gal/plant/week. Our...
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