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Cabernet sauvignon, Merlot, Zinfandel, Petite sirah
Coming Soon! Malbec, Petite verdot, Viognier, Sauvignon blanc
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INTERESTING FACTS & FIGURES
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1
ton of grapes = about 150 gallons of homemade wine (winery
presses recover much more juice than home winemaking presses
can!) |
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SO
to make 5 finished gallons of homemade wine you need about 75
lbs of grapes |
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to make enough finished wine to fill a used 60 gal barrel you
will need 1000 lbs of grapes (this should give you enough
wine to cope with racking losses) |
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1
case = 12 750 ml bottles = 9 L / 3.785 L/gal = 2.3775 gal per
case |
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SO
a 5 gal demi-john will give you about 2 cases (24 bottles) |
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bottling a 60 gal barrel will provide about 25 cases (300
bottles) |
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1
Merlot or Cabernet cluster weighs, on average, about 1/3 lb |
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SO
a full picking lug of grapes, which normally holds about 35
lbs of fruit, would contain about 100 clusters |
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AND,
since one ton of grapes contains about 57 lugs or 5700 grape
clusters AND one ton makes about 150 gals, 1 cluster provides
.026 gallons WHICH MEANS that there are about 8 clusters of
grapes in each 750 bottle of wine! |
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Janice
& Brian Schmidt, Owners & Managers
Tzabaco Rancho Vineyards, 5796 Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg, CA 95448
Phone: (707)433-2511 Cellphone: (707)484-8882 Email: trv@sonic.net
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