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Hi Chris. Did you ever sell you Buonovino Filter? If not I'm interested. I live in central NJ

Great fun in the class. A great program. Lots of good homemade sampled at lunch. Stay in touch sgm.

Small lot hobby winemaker here in NJ interested in buying grapes in the 100-500 lb range. Willing to pick, willing to drive a few hours. Primarily interested in some of the newer east coast friendly varietals such as cab franc, blaufrankisch, Marquette, Albarino etc. but not against hybrids.

Racked my spring crop of Chilean Cab Franc and it’s offshoot rosè and Piquette. Did a lot of carboy and equipment washing outside in my backyard with the hose. Hot day here so it was a fun way to cool off a bit and get some water on my dry grass.

I just enrolled as well. See you in a couple weeks. Patrick

Might be a good idea to make a few lots with different acid and tannin levels prefermentation which might integrate better when added to wine for corrective purposes

In general, they use more Hungarian oak in Italy. When I make Italian varieties I use Hungarian either barrel or cubes.

This fall: 6 gallons of Soave Classico juice from Italy 6 gallons of Verdicchio juice from Italy 6 gallons of Valpolicella juice from Italy 15 gallons of yet unblended Mourvedre,Grenach & Syrah from Amador grapes. Trying to copy Ch. Beaucastel 5 gallons of Primitivo from CA grapes 5 gallons...

Check out the site below. It's a marketplace for NY vintners. While they might not want to sell in smaller quantities, at least you'll have an idea of who has fruit available. Most of the time they'll be ok with selling you a few lugs. https://flgclassifieds.cce.cornell.edu/ad-category/grapes/

Carignan is savory like Mourvedre and also comes from the Rhone. That would be a good substitute

In the Long Green Valley of Maryland. Hence, The Long Green Wine Project.

I don't have figs to trade but would be interested in buying some of your Marquette. Send me a message. I'm in Manasquan.

Great idea and thanks for the photo

Just a noob here when it comes to winemaking but I work for an importer of some of the finest rosè out of France and have tasted hundreds of them. I agree that blending is the way to go. It sounds to me like you'd benefit from blending a more aromatic varietal such as Viognier to lift up the...

Hi Betsy Moving to Manasquan this spring. I plan on buying the Italian varieties that Gino Pinto sells out of CA.

Checking in from Maryland. I've been working in the fine wine wholesale/import level for over 30 years and started making my own wines 2 years ago. I've crushed very local Seyval, Dechaux and Baco, kind of local VA Albarino (which I have really enjoyed), CA Zinfandel, Barbera, Dolcetto and...

Kevin, Have you looked up Gino Pinto in Hammonton NJ? I buy grapes from them in the Spring (Chile & S. Africa) and of course in the Fall they have a great selection from CA. I'm in MD and started a couple years ago and am pretty pleased with their fruit.