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Continue reading →: A Tale of Two Properties: Fall PlantingThis is the forth installment in my Tale of Two Properties serial. The last “episode” in this serial was our spring planting on property 1. This post is a condensed update on progress on property 2 in the past 8 months since property 1 was planted. In the past year we…
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Continue reading →: Christmas RackingLees are dead yeast and other particles that precipitate out to the bottom of a vat during fermentation. Lees collect both during the primary and secondary fermentation as well as during the post fermentation clarification process. Most of the gross (i.e. coarse) lees will precipitate out by the end of…
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Continue reading →: Winter Solstice 2013Tonight will be the longest night of the year. While the sun gives today the least light, today is also a time of light. This is a traditional time of fires. Fires in the home to give warmth from the first day of Winter. And also in fiery colors and…
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Continue reading →: Primary FermenterI mentioned in an earlier post that I do not use oak barrels for fermenting. So what do I use? Well, the answer varies depending on the style of wine I want to make, since the type of fermenting container does have an affect on the final wine, especially for…
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Continue reading →: Grape JellyI know this may come as as a shock to oenophiles, but wine is not the only end product of grapes. In fact, the end product of some of our grapes is quite different from wine, especially for those grapes for which we do not have enough plants to create…
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Continue reading →: Not NormalWe started this fall with cold temperatures. Even reached freezing one night in early October. Then in the past week it warmed up enough to wear t-shirts and shorts again, almost like it was spring. And unexpectedly I found some vines in the vineyard also thought the same, and were…
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Continue reading →: How to Make a Bad Wine: Step 1Harvest your grapes, dump them into a 2 ton container, and let them sit in the sun waiting for transport to the crusher. A few problems I see with this method: The grapes at the bottom are already crushed by the weight of those above. This can introduce spoilage bacteria…
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Continue reading →: For a Charm of Powerful TroubleLike a hell-broth boil and bubble. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. — Macbeth, Act IV, Scene I. Turán (or Agria) red wine fermenting in a glass carboy. Watch the video to see it boil.
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