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Has any ever had their wine freeze. I had to move my wine from my basement to my garage because we finished out downstairs during the winter and all of my wines froze. Concord. Catawba. And Reisling. The concord definitely tastes different. At least one of my 5 gallons of Catawba taste different. Is there anything I can do about this

Hi All, I haven’t posted in quite sometime. I am going to be getting a large order from Wine Grapes Direct coming in the Milwaukee area in mid to late August. I am doing a bulk buy with them and hope to fill a pallet to minimize shipping costs.

They have some very interesting 2025 offering with Calistoga Cab ( clone 337 and clone 7) as well as some Rutherford Merlot an...

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I just discovered this forum today while searching for some info on making rosé. I was a winemaking intern in 2018 and 2019 at a small winery in Sonoma County (mostly Pinot Noir, a bit of Chard), and started making wine at home in 2020. I have a tiny vineyard - 8 PN vines - and make very small batches of wine at home with my own grapes and some donated grapes.

Hello all. Bought a home last year with 30 vibes that were 3 year olds. Had some amazing producers. However, three of them haven’t done a thing yet…no buds, nothing…yet vines right next to them are doing great. Last year they were amazing producers. Same soil, sun, water, fertilizer….literally right next to each other. Any suggestions on that to do? What have I done wrong? Anyth...

I've always done it in secondary, but wondering if I should be doing it in primary?

Elder flowers creates a Piesporter style wine, which pairs nicely with chicken. Also, Piesporter seems to be more of a midwest thing.

I've struggled getting the sweetness where I want it with this wine, generally too sweet. I just read the thread on taste testing with 4 glasses,...