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EnoItalia 110V Crusher/Destemmer in very good condition, includes stand with chute $400


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I have an Italian floor corker. Just finished bottling five gallons of wine. All the corks slipped in as they have for the past eight years. When I got to my last bottle, the cork would not go down. I removed the bottle and pushed the cork to the floor. Tried another cork. Same thing would not push though. Repeated this with four corks. Finally I poured the wine into another bot...

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A few weeks ago I spot sprayed some triclopyr on invasive plants south of my vineyard on the hillside.
Unfortunately hybrid vines are very sensitive to herbicide. Here’s some photos of the damage. And here’s what the horticulture expert had to say
Thanks for sending the photos and sharing the context — they were very helpful. What you’re seeing, especially the fan-shaped...

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I am planting fruit plants for my winemaking in my new allotment (community garden?) and I was thinking about planting a chokeberry bush to enable me to add a little more astringency to my brews or even try a pure chokeberry wine.

I have seen quite a few threads where there were problems with fermentation. Now, taking that the site naturally attracts these “problem post...

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About a year ago while defrosting, cleaning out and re-organizing our largest chest freezer I happened to find a large stash of fresh frozen Colorado peaches, nicely sliced and lightly sweetened with sugar, all packaged in ziplock bags and stacked neatly in a cardboard box. The box had become buried and forgotten about for about 5-6 years. I remember the peaches, they were the b...

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