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That's great -- I don't really want to add all the sulphites and sorbate unless I really had to- so will move to the barn in bulk and leave it there for 3 months...... I'll go easier on the pruning this year - as you say - weak growths and open them up a bit and then work on clearing under...

thanks for that -- yes -- last year I got the vines back to the stems by pruning hard - all the advice I saw on the internet was in the 'treat 'em mean' genre. good tip on burning -- I'd just composted but think you're right for hygiene purposes & will do that. Not all vines are productive...

Sloe Gin? Sloe Vodka? In either case take about 500g sloes, washed and destalked and 500g sugar. Prick the sloes all over and put in sterile jar with sugar and 1l of spirit (gin traditional or vodka if you don't like the juniper hit) ..... seal and leave. Shake every day for about 2 months...

Hello - I have read some of you posts with interest and wonder if you can help? I have moved to a house with 60 vines in a small vineyard - south facing on a sheltered site. Last year we had one bunch of grapes as I hacked the vines back - it was so overgrown and the weather was awful.... This...

Hello..... I have made white wine from small (60vine) vineyard that came with the house....unknown variety but we know previous occupants made wine...... hot summer meant grapes got to around 17% brix, then got split with October rains & lost about 10kg to birds/rodents/foxes - I think they...