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Have recently sold my farm, vineyard. I have always been suspicious of excessive wind damaging the vines. After sending samples of live and dead canes to a lab and consulting with two agronomist and finding no disease, all that's left is wind. 90% of canes are completely dead and very...

Is it legal to donate home made wine to a charity that will raffle to make money? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Had 4" of rain yesterday. I was planning on picking today, should I wait? Brix is around 23 before rainfall.

Found this on a Frontenac Blanc today. Any idea what it is.

Just finished pruning, I found that the Marquette canes were weak in structure, light in weight, and gray in color. Had about 95% of cane dead. Vines were sprayed every 2 weeks. Local agronomist said not a spraying problem. Is there a lab that test for diseases or soil problems? I'm in...

Making first rose from Marquette and Petite Pearl grapes. I crushed, destined, pulled off juice within half hour after crush. Put juice in buckets and froze. Started fermentation and noticed juice is very dark. Any thoughts would be helpful. Thanks

Just finished fermentation on cold hardy grapes. Marquette, petite pearl and verona. Prior to fermentation brix 23, ph 3.6 ta 8.5. Used 71b yeast and added mlf 2 days later. After fermentation sg .996 ph 4.05 and ta 5.25. I used new solutions for testing. In past years post fermentation...

I have a out a dozen Frontenac Blanc vines in a pot. Free to anyone who can use them. Located in Southern Wisconsin.

I have been growing grapes and making wine for 6 years. I find the post on WMT most informative and helpful. Thanks