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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...

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...

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...