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I'm planning for the upcoming grape season and discussing with a wine making partner on how much wine we should make; Weekly consumption Special occasions Give away We are coming up with around 200 bottles each. Just curious with how much others plan on for their annual need.

Thank you for the responses. Greg, please keep me posted, very interested to see how it turns out.

I have good access to grapes, the problem of course is harvest time comes all at once. Since I am new to this, I see the activities as quite passive, once it is in the aging vesel. How about crushing, destemming, put them in airtight bags and freeze? Then say three months and six months...

If the wine was in a barrel, does that change the consideration? The local winemaker keeps his 12-18 months in the barrel. Does aging in carboys accelerate the process? Or is at a point of diminishing returns and a compromise for, as mentioned, space and equipment?

Doing anything inside the house is out of the question. I am looking for a permanent solution for 6 months out of the year.

Thank you for the replies. We do have cold storage available, $40/mo for 5x5 space. It is 20 minutes each way from the house and there isn't any area for working. I have been researching getting an old freezer with an independent temperature control, but finding one big enough for a 30...

I plan on doing 3-4 carboys this season from grapes. I live right outside Sacramento with 110 degree days and my coolest temp in the house will be mid 70's. I have garage space and will be building a work area, but I'm assuming that I also need to plan on temperature controlled bulk storage...

I appreciate the posts. I am looking to shift my hobby from car restoration to making wine. I'm planning on selling my current project car (below) and setting up a work area for low volume, high quality wine production from grapes. I see that I need space needed for analytical equipment...

Has anyone made a workspace for their winemaking hobby? If you were going to, what would it look like / include?

Thank you for the replies. I have Cab Franc, Petite Syrah, Mourvèdre, Grenache and Petit Verdot available to me. My plan was to buy a few of the Rubbermaid Brute 32 gallon NSF pails, with castors. Load the picked grapes in the pail, destem and then ferment into another. It needs to be able...

Newbie here from Nor California. I have access to Rhone varietals and planning on 15 gallons of Cab Franc. If I were to pick a 32 gallon container full, use a motorized destemmer and a manual press, would that 32 gallons of grapes net 15 gallons of wine?