Red Hybrid Grape Winemaking

[cmason1957]

I stumbled upon this interesting article this morning. The author started out as a home winemaker, eventually bought a winery on Vancouver Island with his wife and seems to be making a living at least. For me, it's somewhat of a shame he didn't cover some of the varietals found commonly around Missouri, but there are some tidbits and information to be gained no matter what. Most important thing he says (and more elegantly than this) Hybrids aren't Vinifera, you can't treat them the same. It was freely available when I posted this, hopefully it will remain that way.

https://winemakermag.com/technique/red-hybrid-grape-winemaking

 

[wood1954]

Good article thanks for posting. My Marquette wine definitely needs more tannin, I tasted my carboys when i added so2 yesterday and I think I’ll try just using oak sticks to bump it a little.

 

[ChuckD]

Great article! I am starting a hobbby vineyard with northern hybrids and I like the idea of working with what you have, not trying to force your wines into some “traditional” mold.

 

[Rice_Guy]

Interesting article; this makes me wonder where I can find some Fracture fungicide, and how well it might do with black rot? Serenade? I dislike Frontenac since it needs so much spraying, ,,, then what is Frontenac Noir?