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Supposed to drop down to 30 tonight. My marquette, verona, petite pearl, traminette, even concord have all budded out. Some marquette shoots are 6 inches long already. Hope the weather man is wrong!

Came across this video from Michigan state's viticulture program. I have all cold hardy grapes and have no need for this system. I'm curious though about trying to grow some vinifera with it. Hardier varieties like cab franc and riesling https://youtu.be/TtrMOUa7jzI

I have 12 gallons (2 buckets) of crushed Chancellor grape must. Saturday night I put a 1/4 teaspoon of sulfite in each bucket. Sunday night I pitched 71B Lavin yeast. I also added nutrient and energizer. 12 hours later nothing is happening. Do I need to wait longer? Brix was at 22, ph was...

I posted this in beginners forum but got no response. I have a six gallon batch of chancellor grapes I'm going to start on this weekend. I've never done mlf before but would like to try it this time. I do not have a chromatography (hope that's the right word) kit to test the progress of the...

New to winemaking, haven't tried mlf before. I'd like to try it on a 6 gal. batch of chancellor grapes I'm going to crush this weekend (after primary fermentation). However I don't have a chromatography kit and I'm not going to buy one for now. Anyway my homebrew store doesn't stock the...

I'm going to pick up about 100lbs of chancellor grapes this weekend. I'm fairly new to wine making, done several kits and a couple small batches with my own grapes. Anyway the problem I forsee is ending up with 5 gallons of wine in a six gallon carboy. I've never really come across this issue...

Just ordered more vines from Double A for next spring, I have mostly marquette in my field but figured I'd try a couple of new varieties next year. Ordered a few Chambourcin and St. Vincent. Chambourcin I was able to read up on enough, think I know what I'm getting there. St. Vincent I just...

I've read some older posts about the MN1200 grape variety that was/is in trials. Haven't found much online on the the subject. I'm over on the west michigan lakeshore and always interested in new cold hardy varieties to try. Is this available to the public yet? Is it better than Marquette?