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Anyone got a diagnosis for me? These vines are at least 50% malbec, and may be 100% malbec. They are not showing the same traits as the mother vine did, however these are only a few months old. Only leaves that have grown long enough to loose the dark bronze coloration and turn green, are...

Just a photo of a poor job I did grafting this spring. It's alive and growing well, but it'll never be as good as a graft that healed more fully. The graft callus tissue is pushing the two sections apart where no callus tissue formed. Eventually, it might grow in, but I doubt it. This is...

It's been a wild ride so far, but things might settle down a bit now. I started 2020 way back in november of 2019, collecting cuttings and budwood where I could and practicing grafting cuts and ties. I tried in the summer of 2019, but didn't have any success with green grafting, so this past...

Started back mid-january, so this is a catch-up post. Started back last year, and have been patiently waiting to work on practicing my grafting and rootstock preparation. Had some luck, actually! Cuttings are kept in damp paper in the fridge all winter, pulled out, and stood up in glasses of...

This weekend, I was fortunate enough to get 100lbs of Chambourcin and 25lbs box of Vidal Blanc grapes. All day Saturday was spent cutting grapes in the morning, and destemming and crushing in the afternoon. After crushing, the musts were either dosed with K-meta, or pressed (by hand...more on...

I'm looking into this technique this year with some Chambourcin grapes. Depending on how many I have, and how the acidity and sugar stacks up, I am considering the following: Crush all the grapes, and allow an hour or so maceration Bleed off 20 to 40% of the juice, to make a saignee rose Reduce...

This year, I am able to get as much Syrah and Viogner as I would like from a friend. Depending on how the season goes, I am looking at about 100 to 120lbs of grapes. More than I've done in the past. Before, I've only done white Niagara grapes, in 30-40lb batches. I understand *most* of the...

As the title says, anyone interested in a Vine cutting swap this year? Nothing is likely to be certified, so no joy for California, Oregon, or Washington, but for the rest of us, I don't see why a few cuttings would hurt. I will have Syrah, Villard Blanc, and some table grapes, and possibly...

So I've had a large, unruly, often black-rot affected *probably* Niagara grape vine for many years now. I've finally actually started pruning on it a little more regularly and it's improving a bit-but it will die out soon as the two main canes/trunk have grown through a chain link fence, and are...

Wow, this was a long time ago. Life has not been particularly kind...haven't had time to mess with the grapes much. I came here hand started a thread about how to make wine from the old fence grapes at my old house in August, 2013. I did successfully finish up my first wine about July of 2014...

I moved into the current house about 13 years ago and planted a "Thomson Seedless" grapevine. It isn't a Thompson grape, nor is it seedless...however it is a thickskinned, seeded, white grape. It's REALLY grape, and really tart flavored. Pressed juice is clear-green, but in the bucket it's...