June Mulberry Wine – After The Soaking
After picking and crushing mulberries for wine making, I let the berries sit in a vat for about 5 days, …
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June Mulberry Wine
For two reasons it was raining mulberries this week. One reason was a wind storm that knocked quite a few …
Grafting Vines
We acquired another property recently for wine production. Of course the property, like others we have acquired, already had its vines …
DIY Wine Rack
As our recent wine plantings should start to produce their first modest harvest next year, we are currently in the …
Weather That Is Good For Mushrooms Is Bad For Wine
It finally stopped raining today. My records show it rained 8 days in the first two week in this month …
Benjamin Franklin, circa 1779, “On Wine”
_On Wine_ FROM THE ABBE FRANKLIN TO THE ABBE MORELLET You have often enlivened me, my dear friend, by your …
The Soothsayer
It seems I am not a soothsayer. An oracle. Or a shaman. I wondered some months ago if the wet …
There is More to Hungarian Wine Than Tokaji
Tokaji, Tokaji, Tokaji. If you search for Hungarian wine that is often what you find. But the fact is there …
Another Tramp Abroad 