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Working with 30 gallons of 2023 Norton. The question is how much total tartaric addition is too much. The soil here is very high in K so pH coming out of mlf is usually high 3's. Having had zero luck lower pH by adding tartaric pre-ferment, this year it wasn't added until after mlf finished...

Have two year old California barrels that held red wine available for ~$200 each. They're the larger size, I want to say 50 gallon but is rated in liters and actually holds what, 53 gallons? A local winery has them. The winery owner told me to talk to the winemaker with any questions...

Opened one of about 250 bottles of Norton bottled a couple weeks back and found some residual CO2 still present. To be sure an airtight seal was installed on the bottle and 24 hours later when it was gently removed a definite poof was evident. Since fermentation last September the wine has...