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Be sure to use 100% gasoline in your tiller, not gas with ethanol. Older motors don't do well with the blends. Also, I keep a can of starting fluid on hand - really helps get older gas engines get going!

Great suggestions! We will definitely look into the gasket leaking, we've had some issues in the past but thought we had it solved. The glove idea is also a possibility. Thanks for your help!

I am part of a winemaking club - we currently are aging our wine in both 1100 liter stainless tanks and several wooden barrels. The concern is the SS tanks - if we leave enough headroom on the lid for expansion and contraction due to temperature changes, the top of the wine is starting to form...

Great idea, thanks! I'll check with Gussmer about lab testing.

Actually, it was the Zin that we had processed a couple of weeks before that got so hot (used Merit yeast for that). The Zin went from 69 degrees to 87 degrees in 3 days before we added dry ice. Last year we had the same issue with our Zin, same time frame with temps from 60 degrees to 93. My...

No info on Ph or ta - the yeast used was Melody from Gussmer. Did not add additional nutrients because we've been having problems with fermentation getting so hot we have had to add dry ice. The Cabernet Sauvignon which came in at the same time (and with similar Brix reading) turned out fine...

We (wine making club) ordered 1 ton of Malbec this year for the first time. Had been told that Malbec doesn't travel well but found a vineyard that had some extra to ship to us. The Brix was 20 and the grapes very juicy. The juice didn't have much flavor, but we've been told that Malbec takes...