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Question: Sugar is a little low, wine will probably ferment to be dry, which is OK with me. The pH seems low. Should I try to adjust pH now or wait it out? :a1 Details: Chardonnay grapes were picked Sunday Oct 12 (3 days ago). Grapes were crushed, stemmed and pressed that day. About...

The vineyard is about a half acre, planted in 1991-1994 by the previous owner. Its located in the center of Oregon's Willamette Valley, near Corvallis, about 2 hours south of Portland. What's growing here: Chardonnay, 94 vines Pinot Gris, 50 vines Pinot Noir, 93 vines Marechal Foch, 49...

Should I shorten the time in contact with the skins? Perhaps low temperature maceration would be better? For those making Marshal Foch wine from grapes, what to you like to do? It's probably too late for my current batch but I'd like to ask for future reference. I leave the wine in contact...

Greetings from a new member! Allow me to introduce myself I have some brewing and winemaking experience but nothing as deep as the many helpful people here. I've already poked around a bit in this site and am impressed with how helpful members of this site can be. I've registered my...

I have about a half-acre vineyard in Lower Willamette, planted with Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay and Marchal Foch. I've been hobby farmiing the vineyard for about 20 years but stopped trying to make wine from it about ten years ago. Work and other interests ... you know. A couple of...