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I did a tropical mix from Wally-World think it was peach, pinapple, mango, and strawberry...? Final results were pleasant fruity wine that is an easy sipper, chilled after a hot day. Best advise is ours did well with about 6-12months of aging. Was not enjoyable at a young age.

Thank you for the reply, happy fermenting!

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Do you pitch a cluster if it even slightly bad (5 or 6 berries) or do you only pitch it if 25%(or other number) or more is bad? I am making my third batch from grapes, My first batch is just slightly over a year in carboys(Marechal Foch) so I am still learning the art.

Nope, I'm a Nittany Lion Alum. from Erie, PA I suppose we are technically neighbors?

Maybe a silly question but, on on of your posts you mentioned no raisined fruit. I have only made two small batches of wines from grapes and I have wondered about blemishes over ripened fruit but when I spoke to commercial winemaker he told me the following about ugly berries/clusters "... taste...

Good afternoon from dreary Erie, I am relatively new to wine making. I have been making wine for about two years now. I started out making a DD Dragon Blood on Thanksgiving day two years ago. Since then I have started my 15th batch(Seneca Lake, Finger Lakes region Riesling did a U-pick and...

I just ran into the same situation with Riesling i picked on Seneca Lake last Saturday. I talked with the wine maker on the phone and he assured me that the bad numbers were not a big deal. He recommended adjusting them down with Calcium carbonate and progressing. Do you have any updates on your...