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I use 40 year corks in my Nebbiolos because they can last that and longer. Since nebbiolo is the most tannic and acidic grape in the world, nothing is higher.

Labelpeelers! Or Homebrewit. https://labelpeelers.com/ https://www.homebrewit.com/

I have a lot of issues whenever it rains with downy mildew i have yet to have any powdery mildew which is weird. I battle insects mostly eating the leaves on my vines. About 2 years ago a farm planted some fruit trees with sharpshooters and didnt know and they got loose and have been...

You jumped right in and are doing more than most of us are. I'm a pioneer in my area in that I'm planting many varietals that nobody has ever had here before. I'm the first to plant Blaufrankisch. Which is my experimental grape for my area.

my grapes have been activse since late feb, I don't even think they went to sleep for longer than 2 months. I had a ton of rain in March.

you did well

cherry trees do best in pairs.

they are rebranded, honestly i buy cheaper kits cause the expensive ones havent really impressed me all that much and i can honestly make a better wine with additions and a cheaper kit.

Yeah, the kit says the concentrate/juice is from Australia. Matter of fact it's a dually labeled Shiraz but I prefer syrah as the name.

The kit comes in tommorrow because it got lost in shipping so they sent me a new one, American or French Oak for a syrah? Im thinking of doing french oak.

Rc 212 literally says its a pinot strain basically. Also I gotta ask why did you guys revive a 5 year old thread.

Yep, Make sure you research yeast as well and use whatever will bring the most out of the varietal you use. Yeast is a big deal because it does have a massive impact on the final product.

Novavine is the best, reasonable and virus free high quality grapes. I just got another shipment of vines today

Yes you really should, otherwise you won't get clear wine.

Cool, I'll give one a try and see how it goes, I'm hoping that with age I'll get something great. I'm intending to age for as long as I can tolerate at least 6 months but might go a year if I can stand it. And hope that turns it into something decent. I've done 2 $170 kits, so I wanted to do...

How heavy are spirals compared to chips? Easier to over oak? I tried a spiral once but the batch I used it in picked up a infection so don't have experience with flavor impact.

I am doing a cheap Syrah kit as an experiment to see how good I can make it for those wondering its a winelovers kit done intentionally to get the cheapest kit i could, Decided to add a grape skin pack to it all together only in it for $70, What I am wondering is what would you guys recommend...

Keep the chito and kiselsol I use it even in all grape batches to clarify it just works well.

I don't really pick and choose for all grape wines I let the native yeasts do whatever they do. For kits 99% of the time I use RC-212 and BM4x4

It is disturbing that is for sure something you do not want to see.