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Hey all. I just inoculated my 2017 red wines with VP-41 malolactic culture. Is it ok to use vented silicone bungs during MLF, or would air locks be a better way to go? Thanks

Hey all, I just crushed 285 pounds of Petit Verdot from a vineyard here in AZ. The numbers I got using my Vinmetrica sc-300 and refractometer are: Brix 25 PH 3.87 TA 2.2 I recalibrted the Vinmetrica and double checked the numbers with the same result. A tartaric addition that would...

Hello all, I need some help with the numbers of my first wine. The wine is made from semi-local Cab Sauv grapes that I harvested 9-5-16. The pre-ferment numbers were SG 1.102, TA .6, ph 3.6 these numbers may not be dead on as i was using basic tools for measurement (hydrometer, cheapand old ph...

Hello, I'm stepping up my wine making and am looking for a Vinmetrica SC-300 in excellent condition to help with testing and keeping up with s02 additions. Please PM me if you have one available. I'm in Arizona. Thanks all,

New guy from the Phoenix, Az area here. Ive been lurking around here for a while now and have learned much. Made my first grape wine a couple months ago, cabernet sav from grapes we picked at a semi-local vineyard. For that wine we crushed 200lbs with a hand crank crusher and destemmed by...