They were rolling out red buckets mostly today, when ever I've checked this late it's usually lighter white buckets left.
Dammit! I never got that Sauv Blanc bucket like I wanted. I’ll call around tomorrow and see what’s up. Thanks
They were rolling out red buckets mostly today, when ever I've checked this late it's usually lighter white buckets left.
If your going to Pinto's when your Paso Robles Cab is in, at least if you call tomorrow and they still have what you want, they will add it to your order and hold. If you wait until your grapes are in it might be too late.Dammit! I never got that Sauv Blanc bucket like I wanted. I’ll call around tomorrow and see what’s up. Thanks
I've got some 2016 Petite Sirah in 3, 1 gallon bottles. I need to move it into a 3gal, or bottle it. I figure I'll need the 1 gallon containers when pressing.
Just finished punchdowns and SG measurements. The Cab is at 1.030. The other 3 are between 1.002 and 0.998. I'm going to wait to press until tomorrow so I only have to set up and clean up once. Busy week coming up and tomorrow is my only chance. Thank goodness for the holiday.
@mainshipfred : I know you have plenty of your own, but you're welcome to my skins if you want 'em.
As far as the skins go how do you feel about putting as many as we can in my freezer and buying a couple juice buckets from S and S next weekend. I can't make it up there until then. It's quite a variety of skins.
Cab down to 1.020 today. Would like it to be lower, but the show must go on. Pressing after lunch.
What about the PS, mine still has a thick cap but down to 1.016.
Syrah and PS were both at 1.000 yesterday. Zin at 0.998. All still have a cap, though the Zin's falls apart when you so much as look at it.
How'd your press go, @mainshipfred ? Mike seems able and eager, so I'm sure it went fine.
Racked last night. Lost a half gallon to the goop. Down to 15 gallons. Hopefully there's enough good stuff left in the wine for a strong finish for my MLF.
Was with my winemaker friend yesterday talking about MLF. Now remember he does commercial size barrels. He doesn't use Acti-ML or Opti-Malo Plus. Once he introduces the MLB it stayes in the barrel until January or February. He will then do a rack and return and sulfite a month later. He said as long as you keep it topped up there is no problem with spoilage. My only question I didn't ask was do smaller batches go through MLF faster.
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