winemaker wrote:

> Hi everyone...
>
> I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the posts on
> this newsgroup for the past 4 years.
> I live in Nebraska and there are very few home
> winemakers here so I
> rely on this group and one other to expand my
> knowledge. Thanks to all of you for this.
> I will visiting my son this year who just moved
> from Bowie, MD to Harpers Ferry, WV and I would
> like to bring home some juice pails when I
> depart for my return trip to Nebraska (I'll keep
> them cold for the return 20 hour trip). I plan
> to return home 10/31/08. At this time, I was
> planning to buy them from Luv-a-Bella in
> Lowellville, OH (which is right on my route
> home). Is there a better place to buy them? Or,
> are there any other alternatives in NE West
> Virginia or NW Maryland?

Oct 31 is normally past the end of the season in
these parts (I live in Maryland about 7 miles
from Harpers Ferry) Cabernet Sauvignon is
usually the last grape that gets harvested around
here and that normally occurs the 2nd or third
week of October.

There is a place in Mt. Airy, Maryland (about 25
miles East of here)that sells grapes and I
believe juice. I bought some Malbec from
Argentina from them last year. I think they sell
juice also but I doubt it is balanced for you.

Here is their link:
http://mdcrush.com/



> Also, I understand that
> these juice pails are "balanced" (acid/pH/ Brix)
> and pre-inoculated with yeast. Sounds simple
> enough. Should I do mlf or would it be better to
> use Lysozyme to prevent it? Someone told me that
> some juice pails are balance with D-malic which
> can't be metabolized by mlf and leaves you
> thinking you have a stuck mlf when testing with
> Chomatogarphy test. Any help or comments would
> be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!