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How many pounds of grapes per vine of Barbera in Sierra foothills
I have planted 70 Barbera and 30 Zinfindel in the Sierra foothills. These are 2 to 3 year old roots. They are planted in fairly rocky soil on a slope facing southwest. How many pounds per vine should...
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Re: Wine Equipment for sale
Actually, I would suggest it's more like 20 years later ;-)
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9 years ago
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Promotional 10 Inch Latex Balloon Distributor in Papua New Guinea
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9 years ago
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Is this place still alive?
Subject says it all ... I'm getting back into winemaking and would like to bounce a few ideas around if there's anybody here besides the spammers/political hacks .
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New iPhone app for calculating additions
Hey I wanted to let you guys know I've recently finished writing a native iPhon e app version of my website If you're not familiar with the s ite, it calculates common winemaking additions (acid,...
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9 years ago
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Betadine discontinued: UK replacement for sanitizing brewing
Sorry for the crossposting --- feel free to reply to any one of the 3 groups, as I read them all. I'm about to start back on some winemaking & homebrewing after a gap of several years, & my bottle of...
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Disgorging
I tried once again today to disgorge a few of bottles after secondary ferme ntation, riddling, and disgorging, meeting with mixed success. I salted cr ushed ice and put the sediment-laden caped ends...
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10 years ago
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Vintner merlot kit done 3 days ago but no bubbles yet?
We started our Vintner Merlot kit 3 days ago....but still have no bubbles in the air lock. What to do???
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10 years ago
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How long can you leave grapes on the vine?
I grow a number of vines in a cool climate (southern England) and very occa sionally the season is very late or there is a larger crop than En gland we are quite happy to obtain Brix levels in the...
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10 years ago
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triing to get a sweet cherry wine to ferment? used a liquid wyeast.sg of .122
temp right around 70 deg. first time using a liquid yeast, i know sg is high, will it start anyway? im a rookie winemaker,always use powder yeast. its been 48 hrs sg is still at .122. worried about...
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10 years ago
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a Failing Group?
I used to post regularly onhere until about 3 years ago but I have stll popped in to have a look how things are going. It would seem to be no longer the active group where lots of information was...
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10 years ago
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Potassium Sorbate
I have started a rhubarb wine. I accidentally dumped some Potasium Sorbate Into it at the same time I added the yeast. Since the Potassium Sorbate keeps fermentation from starting is there any eay to...
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10 years ago
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Lemons hasten or slow fermentation ?
Making up a brew of five litres, would adding the called for juice from three lemons, give an 'acidity' that would likely hasten or slow the fermentation time? If it slows it, I thought we would try...
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10 years ago
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Different sugars in fermentation Re: health
This discussion below was sent to me. (Starting from the bottom up). Person A is saying it does not matter what sugar is used at the beginning of a brewing process from a health point of view, whilst...
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Can a Bad wine turn Good??
So back in '09 I had lost 45 gallons of cab sav due to some sort of contami nation, I believe. No one could tell me what it was, but it tasted, simply , bad. Not drinkable. I know it was contaminated...
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10 years ago
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