Clean bill of health

An experienced winemaker friend offered to check out the health of my grape juice. I took some samples over and he put them under the microscope. Basically, they are in good health. They contain some resident commercial yeast, as well as some wild strains.

The wild types are ok - they will add unique flavor dimensions before their effectiveness diminishes and the commercial yeasts take over. So all is good.

Watching the yeast and other components under the microscope was very interesting - and informative. I'll need practice to properly identify each component, but the potential is huge. You can evaluate each wine and determine the exact microbial contents. I'm hooked.