On Sep 4, 10:43*am, "Paul E. Lehmann" > wrote:
> 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!!- Hide quoted text -
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Thanks Paul...

I remember reading and learning a lot from you over the years!

I emailed MDcrush last year and have been following their website and
newsletters. Thanks for pointing me that way ... I guess I didn't
realize how close they (and you) are to my son's house.

Due to the logistics of travel, I thought I'd go with juice pails this
year as it would probably be easier than doing grapes that far from
home. My grapes (and house roof) got 90% destroyed by golf-ball size
hail this year, so I need to get something and juice pails seemed like
an easy deal (we can't get CA grapes here ...without a 900 mile
drive).

I need to harvest my small (very small) remaining crop before leaving
for WV so I can't get there any earlier. Luv-a-Bella will "hold" juice
pails for me till 10/31 so that will work out okay. I'd prefer that
they didn't "balance" the juice or pre-innoculate with yeast, but that
is just the way the do it. I'll call them again to see if they can
tell me "how" they balance their juice (tartaric or "other").

Thanks again for your help and if you can think of anything else, let
me know.
Roger