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Thanks for the info and yeah...looks like they aren't available in the U.S. as of now.

What kind of sheers are those?

An excellent post, really...all your posts on this thread are very informative. It basically boils down to what your wine goals are, assuming the grapes are grown for winemaking. And yes, just as you learned this information 20 years ago...naturally, you learned from someone else who already...

Hi all, First let me preface this be saying I realize there is no guarantee on times as this is nature after all and there are numerous variables involved. What is an approximate timeline for brix development in red grapes such as Cab Sauv in the central California valley? I'm particularly...

Thank you all for the replies and information, I appreciate it! :b I have 42 vines total right now, more that are 2nd leaf but not in play this year. Yes, I believe the initial damage was from birds. I put the netting on way too late. It was a case of me not being around the vines for some...

Hi all, I've got some Petite Sirah grapes in our backyard located in the greater Lodi AVA (California). Current BRIX is 23.5. A few weeks ago, I noticed several damaged clusters with many berries on the ground. I thought it was birds, but can't say for certain because I didn't see them in...

Just checked the numbers, they are as follows: TA = 4.8 g/L pH = 3.24 So it looks like my TA is too low. I'll add tartaric acid till I'm at 7 or slightly above. Thanks!

Another option for powdery mildew is Serenade, it's effective, considered an "organic" fungal control and has very few application restrictions.

Hi all, The details: Master Vintner Limited Edition 2016: Philosophie Chardonnay Purchased from Northern Brewer in Dec 2017. Yeast that came with kit: Lalvin ICV-D47 Yeast that I substituted for: Lalvin CY3079 French Medium toast cubes used during primary. Bentonite used at the start...

yes, that was my concern regarding simply trying to "boil off the OH" from wine and use that as a means to determine residual sugar. there are many volatile compounds in wine and they all don't boil at the same temperature. not to mention, the expensive means to measure that (IR spectroscopy...

It's an interesting question. I would wonder, though, how you would know when all the alcohol is boiled off? Or, if you are boiling off any other volatile liquids.

Thank you all for your replies and suggestions, I appreciate it! New cordon's it is. And yeah, those areas without a bud, never had a bud/cane from year 1.

Hi All, I've got some Cab Sauv and Petite Sirah vines in our backyard. This is their 4th year and already well into bud break. I noticed last year, and again this year, that there are buds missing from a few of the cordon area's, particularly on the Petite Sirah. It looks like all renewal...

Yeah, thanks. It's a very limited space. Our next house...definitely going to need space to dig/build a cave :h

Good to know regarding RC-212. Thanks. I typically use Go Ferm at the start, and add Fermaid K a third of the way in.

Update: During fermentation, there was a noticeable H2S smell prior to adding the fining. I read up on how to try and eliminate/reduce that fault and settled on using pure copper tongue scrappers. I hadn't heard of Reduless at that point and thought using those scrappers would be quicker (at...

Beautiful wine room! So many advantages to having a basement in which a cold room can be built! Ambient temperature, space, etc. Awesome. :b

I'll be making a few minor changes, probably sometime this spring. One will be installing larger, more recessed pocket door handles and the other will be to add another shelf along the back wall. I'm also thinking of switching out the automatic LED lights I have mounted inside for some LED's...

Views of the pocket door, and close proximity to the garage door...