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    Whole Grape Fermentation and Mycoderma(?)

    Could be Pichia. It only needs 72 hrs to bloom. I agree with the previous advise. Clean off the top, press and hit it with a high dose of sO2.
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    Petite Pearl Wine

    Good to hear, Tony. I'm growing this grape, but won't have fruit until 2018 harvest. Keep us posted!
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    Strange Taste

    Gerniol is a naturally occurring monoterpine in many wine grape varieties. Cab Sauv is not known to have high levels, but since it was a concentrate, it may have had other varieties in it, as Malbec, Petite Verdot, etc. It is possible that bottle age/chemical interaction enhanced the...
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    Vines to Wine

    Fantastic! Congrats on the adventure. You are not alone!
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    Roger

    Roger, I've been working with homegrown Marquette grapes for 5 years. I finally hit on a good strategy this year. I added the equivalent of 1g of pot bicarb per liter of finished wine to my must. This took the TA from 12 to 10 and the pH from 3.1 to 3.4. I then fermented with 71b yeast. It is...
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