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Thank you all again very much for your replies. This is some VERY helpful information. The last thing I need to find out is where the heck I can get decent grapes in Iowa. I'm sure I'd need to bring them in from out west. As a general question: I do a lot of smoking (BBQ that is...)...

Does anyone know where I can go to get good grapes? I'm in Iowa and around here it seems all I can get easily are the Minn grape varietals. I'm just getting started and would like to work with something a bit more familiar and maybe "easier". I'm not sure about the quality of the wines the...

Sorry everyone, I see now that this should have gone into the oaking and barrel section...not sure how to move it there...

Does anyone have any opinions or input for how many medium toasted oak staves to put in a 5 gal barrel? I'm mostly thinking of cabernet but I would like to hear input for other wines as well. I'm considering again in 5 gal oak barrels but I'm thinking of using used barrels so I can control the...

Thank you all very much for your input, it has been EXTREMELY helpful! I may need to post these questions in a different thread but here 'goes anyways: In looking to make wine in a barrel I understand that small barrels will actually oak the wine faster than large ones. I don't think I can...

Hello all. I live in Iowa and am a huge fan of wine, beer, and spirits. After a recent trip to Napa my wife and I have decided that we'd like to start making wine (I know, stop me if you've heard this one before...). Here's the million dollar question: how good can it be? I hear people...