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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.

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...

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...

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

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?