Winemaker

Winemaker

JonVintner

Napa, CA

Male, 32

I am the associate winemaker for a small, high-end winery in Napa, CA, as well as the owner and winemaker of a small winery making less than 1000 cases annually. Ask me anything.

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Last Answer on May 17, 2012

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I have a custom crush contract with a winery in California. I live in Washington. I found out that I have to have a California location where my license is posted. How can I do this?

Asked by Howard over 7 years ago

 

I have recently made a Pinot Noir from 100% juice (6 gal). We bottled about 7/30/2014. We noticed a couple of bottles leaking ,so we opened the bottles only to find they poured out and there was a carbonation in the wine.The sg was .998 when we bott

Asked by Denny Herrmann over 10 years ago

 

I'm also a wine maker in Sri Lanka and these days I'm experimenting on making a new(sweet) wine using some flavors,I'm using 30ppm of Sodium Meta Bi Sulphite and 300ppm of Potassium Sorbate as preservatives.Is it correct for a wine that we use sugar?

Asked by Dinira Vinoy over 11 years ago

 

I am a home winemaker and have 200 gallons of 2010 chardonnay with a nail polish remover taste. A long, stuck ML allowed bacteria to flourish. It has since been filtered to .5 micron and clean of bacteria, but the taste remains. What can be done?

Asked by richpart@pacbell.net almost 12 years ago

 

I am not a winemaker, but would like to acquire a wine or work with a winery to create a custom wine for my new biz venture. As well as use their space for storage, bottling, etc. Would this be custom crush? Or how would I do this?

Asked by Sonya over 11 years ago

 

why will some wines get better with age? It's just sitting in a bottle. Why are some wines meant to be consumed within a couple yrs, and others should rest for several yrs?

Asked by dirtybob over 10 years ago

 

is there a way to purelly use a instant pot to make honey mead?

Asked by Naraku666 about 3 years ago