Try Ryan at the Vintner Vault in Paso Robles .
That guy has a lot of nice things and reasonable prices.
Let him know Greg from Route 66 Cellars sent you , he'll treat you even
better

Greg


"Ric" > wrote in message
...
> Unfortunately (or, in my opinion, FORTUNATELY) I live out in the country -
> the 'local' brew place is great, but doesn't have any such service. And I
> really want to get one of my own - I like the geeky stuff. Found one today
> at a wine store in TX for less than $500 - trying to find similar here in
> California.
>
> > My local beer and wine supplies shop has an ebulliometer and charges a
> > very reasonable fee to test a sample (£10 ~ $19 ). I wonder if you are
> > close enough to a similar service to make it worthwhile getting a cheap
> > high quality test done using their equipment?
> >
> > The wine place brew their own wine with imported grapes, so I think they
> > are particularly well kitted out, but you never know...
> >
> > Jim
>
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