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    High alcohol in a white

    I have a 3 gallon batch of wine made from Itasca grapes that we grew and after racking I found that they ended up fermenting down to .992 from a starting sg of 1.102. This gives me about 14.4% alcohol. It definitely seems a bit on the strong side and I'm wondering if I should try to adjust this...
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    First harvest

    We picked our first grapes this year from vines we planted three years ago. We didn't get as much as I had hoped for but enough to start playing with, learned a lot for next year. Numbers on some were better than others, I'm guessing some of the high acid is due to the vines being young and...
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    SWD control

    I've seen a little discussion of SWD (spotted wing drosophila) in a few threads but not too much focused on it directly. Our vines are in their third year and we are getting our first harvest this year and I have noticed SWD on some of the ripening berries. I sprayed with Sevin (new formula...
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    Sprayer option for the small vinyard

    We planted 64 vines three years ago and are expecting our first harvest this year. As the vines are getting bigger and foliage is getting denser I'm looking for a better sprayer than the 2 gallon canister type I have been using up til now. Previously some research I had done had pointed me to...
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    Insect causing shoot tips to break

    Anyone know what causes this sort of damage? My first though was something was getting into the vineyard and eating the new shoots as on many of these the tips appear to be gone, but the vineyard in fenced. A little more investigation found some with broken tips that are partially attached. If...
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    Itasca

    I just thought I would share some of my (limited) experience with this vine and am curious to hear from anyone else who is growing it. I purchased 16 vines from NE vine supply to go along with the other varietals I planted this year (Marquette, La Crescent, Petite Pearl and Verona). I received...
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    Soil Test results

    Hi Folks looking for some opinions on the soil test results I got for the piece of land I'm thinking of planting grapes in. This represents a roughly 25X75 foot space that I'm thinking of starting with to see how this goes. My initial layman's impression is that having low levels is better than...
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    thinking about planting grapes where to start?

    I have been thinking about planting some grapes on some land I have access to (my father's place, I have some fruit trees and bees that I keep there). I am looking at where to start with this to determine if this is a practical (well maybe not practical lol) thing to do. My goal at this point is...
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