Day 1
Picking day with the family at a Sonoma Valley organic vineyard:
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All 4 of us went picking, although some ate more than picked! It was extremely enjoyable…the start of a family tradition, I hope.
By 10 AM we were home. I was unable to rent a crusher/destemmer, so I tried it by hand. I used milk plastiic crates to crush and destem the grapes. NEVER AGAIN! It took forever.
BRIX = 26
TA = 5 g/l
Grapes seem overripe, or at least low in acid. The plan is to cold soak the grapes for a few days. I will wait until I have a PH meter and the end of the cold soak to add any acid.