I want your back yard.
last year was the first year I grew grapes. one of the neighbor kids (5-8 y/o) cut it off at the ground. it hasn't come back. I lost 3 hop plants due to the same kids as well. I'm gonna put my yard in prison lock down.
I do not have a true recipe but rather a few base rules. Then i will vary the process based on how the grapes do for that particular year.
I crush with stems and do a light 6-12 hour maceration. Sulphite to 25 ppm during crush and press the juice. I take a gravity reading and test for acidity then adjust to fit the flavor profile of the grapes. After fermentation I will bulk age the wine until the next years harvest where I will then taste and adjust the current years numbers to fit my taste buds from the previous years wine.
Like I said, no real recipe just adjusting my numbers to fit my own taste buds.
Haven't been able to identify these yet....
We got our vines right before a thunderstorm was rolling in. During the rush to plant them, before a week worth of nasty weather set in (Iowa weather ), I could not remember which of the two vines I had planted in which row.
The first two years, while the vines were being trained; I thought I had a damn good idea which vine was in each location, but was only guessing because my logic always strayed to whether or not I put the red varietal's row closer to the sun so it would receive more light and get to a lower acidity.
I literally waited 3 years before I knew for sure which vine I planted in row.
In case you are wondering, I planted the Espirit in the southern east to west row(pictures are looking to the west, 6 year old is looking down towards the blueberry bush(s)).
Almost forgot the concord vines. These are mostly decorative as the kids can have at em
I literally waited 3 years before I knew for sure which vine I planted in row.
I assume they take that long to fruit? Because one is red and the other is white.
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