Any home winedrinkers out there?

[sundog]

complicated process, but someone has to do it

[BikeWriter]

1. Winedrinkers or winemakers? I've done lots of both.

[DBoon]

2. Yes, I even grow my own

Nice thing about SoCal - good climate for wine grapes.

Tore out some of the front yard for Zinfandel. Got rid of all that useless high maintenance lawn.

I'm on my 4th year now. Harvest, crush late sept. Press a week later. Bottle in December.

[BikeWriter]

4. You should be producing at maximum soon, then...

Did you start out with second or third year plants?

[DBoon]

6. Rooted cuttings

from a Sonoma based provider that got bought out and no longer sells to hobbyists. The merged company has a minimum lot of 24 plants.

The old guys would sell as few or as many as you wanted.

Productivity is as good as it will get. Some plants never produce much, others a whole lot

For my 30-some plants I get 5 to 10 gallons per year.

[BikeWriter]

7. That's a superb output in so little time from cuttings, DBoon...

I congratulate you.

[progmom]

3. it's hard work

but i'm marching with you, arm in arm.

[JVS]

5. I'll drink it. I don't make it, but I'll drink it.