Christmas Racking

December 26, 2013

Lees are dead yeast and other particles that precipitate out to the bottom of a vat during fermentation. Lees collect …

Winter Solstice 2013

December 21, 2013

Tonight will be the longest night of the year. While the sun gives today the least light, today is also …

November 15, 2013

I mentioned in an earlier post that I do not use oak barrels for fermenting. So what do I use? …

November 4, 2013

I know this may come as as a shock to oenophiles, but wine is not the only end product of …

October 30, 2013

We started this fall with cold temperatures. Even reached freezing one night in early October. Then in the past week …

October 28, 2013

Harvest your grapes, dump them into a 2 ton container, and let them sit in the sun waiting for transport …

October 24, 2013

Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. — Macbeth, Act IV, …

October 22, 2013

When one thinks of a winery and wine making, one often imagines wine aging gracefully in oak barrels. And so …