IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN! The annual holiday wine swap is open to pros and amateurs alike who are members of the Yahoo winemaking and grape growing groups (You...
Grape Seed Extract: An Alternative to Risky Blood Pressure Drugs By Jon Herring If you are among the 65 million Americans with high blood pressure (measuring...
Lon J. Rombough
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Oct 6, 2006 5:06 pm
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Lon and all -- this article on grape seed oil extract is interesting. I have not heard of how it's processed or what quantity of seeds are needed in order to...
An alternative, if you care to, is to grind seeds to a powder and eat that. Toast it lightly and it can be used in baking. -Lon Rombough Grapes, writing,...
Lon J. Rombough
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Oct 10, 2006 1:33 pm
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Lon, Do you have a relatively simple (easy) way to separate out the seeds from pulp, say after pressing? Dan ... From: grapesrus@yahoogroups.com...
I know two methods that don't take a lot of equipment. One is to put the pomace in water (outdoors) and stir while continuously adding water. This will float...
Lon J. Rombough
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Oct 10, 2006 2:20 pm
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And I'll keep drinking the whole grape for better health.... Steve In Minnesota...
When I lived in Minnesota in a former life they had a simple screw extractor they used to extract sunflower oil from the seeds. Dan Veilleux in the mountains...
Dan, You should BE so lucky as to have the excellent wife you do have! How our two wives put up with the two of us is a serious question. Grape Seed Extract:...
Flaxseed is high in several substances that are good for your joints, and they will keep you quite regular. Of course you may already be a regular in too many...
Lon J. Rombough
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Oct 10, 2006 4:52 pm
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Have you tryed to us water. Pulp will come to the top grape seeds will sink. Maurice. Daniel Strickland <strickd@...> wrote: Lon, Do you have...
I thought I had posted this earlier, but it looks like I didn't... The 33rd Annual US Amateur Winemaking Competition will be held on November 5, 2006. Entry...
I want to graft over some 6 yr old Seyval vines with a red vinifera next spring. Has anyone had any experience to share the pros and cons? dave MountainRose...
I am making blackberry wine again. They have usually have high levels of malic acid. Will malic acid be lowered by using ML cultures used in grapes?? Dan...
Dan, malo will convert any malic acid source assuming that the other conditions are right i.e. pH, temp, etc. The issue is do you want lactic acid notes in...
I'm certainly not a ML expert having only done it twice, but I would think as long as your parameters were good it would work with blackberries as well as...
Dan, you may want to use chromatrography to monitor the progress if you're planning on doing a malo with your blackberry. Lactic acid, in even a slight excess,...
My opinion ... fruit wines are best when the malic acid is preserved in the wine and the wine is sweetened to balance the acid. This preserves the most fruit...
I made some blackberry wine last year and put it through ml which definately improved it. The biggest challenge was the near unpallatable methoxypyrazine...
... You folks have gently and persistently convinced me NOT to screw around with ML in blackberries Thanks for you patience and tact. I sometimes get an idea...
Table grape demonstrations chart BIFS techniques http://westernfarmpress.com/news/101306-grape-demonstrations/ Western Farm Press - USA ... “But when you are...
Lon J. Rombough
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Oct 13, 2006 3:32 pm
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Second Notice! I have had at least one person concerned about shipping wines from the frozen north in late November and December. I will find a match from the...
Victor, I used teejet flat nozzles installed into a t shaped nozzle holder that my spray company had. It was similair to the Quick TeeJet Series 100 Nozzle...
Dave, most of the 828 out there has been mixed up with a suitcase clone brought into California a couple of years ago. I'm not sure 828 has been released to...
I purchased some chambourcin grapes this year. The gentleman had picked them on Teusday but I could not pick them up for several days. He put them in the...