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[sinkas]

Anyone have info on where I might get some West aussie must?

 

[Muggus]

Hey Muggus where do you work in the Hunter?

I'm working over at Lakes Folly, mostly in the vineyard and occasionally in the winery doing fun stuff like plunging vats and bucketing them out. :blink:

Also work the odd weekend at Waverley estate at the cellar door.

 

[Tim F]

We picked half a ton of Shiraz today from a hobby farmer at Virginia for 50c/kilo. Cheap but the grapes seem ok... time will tell!

This is the first year using a destemmer - last year we destemmed the trailer full by hand. What a difference it makes - 15 min vs 4 hours.

23 Brix, TA 6.75, pH 3.8. We added tartaric acid to get the pH to 3.5.

We decided to leave the tanks outdoors, on the south side of the verandah sitting on the concrete - it will be cooler there than in the shed. They will be covered of course. Now I'm drinking some of last years Shiraz to celebrate... mmmm....

Sorry about the crappy phone pics

 

[Canuck Paolo]

I moved here from Canada in 2011. My biggest disappointment was not effectively being able to make wine on a small scale. My family had made wine in Canada from the time my ancestors arrived. Over the years we made smaller but higher quality batches (approximately 500-1000 litres per year). This wine was fabulous and won awards. There were numerous outlets in which you could buy grapes or as we did refrigerated juices from around the world. In addition to my cellar, I arrived here with all of the equiment to make wine ... but can not source the juices and have become too old to go through the extraction effort myself. It looks like that hobby is over unless I can source reasonable quantities of juice at fair prices.

Here is an example of some of the places you could source juice.

http://www.kamiljuices.com/

and an example of what you could buy

http://www.vinbon.ca...duct-list/c1s52

Living in Mackay complicates my chances further, but if anyone has any suggestions ... I'd love to hear from you ... and I am more than happy to share my years of experience with anyone local.

I have made some mead here, but it is not vino ... other like it ... I'll drink it.

 

[Yob]

Maybe shoot Dr Smurto a message, he's in the industry and may have some insight or contacts that may be of assistance

 

[GalBrew]

There are plenty of places in Australia where you can buy grapes for winemaking. One place off the top of my head is Shiraz Republic: http://shirazrepublic.com.au. Perhaps you would have better luck on one of the winemaking forums with this question?