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retaste: Appearance - clear, inky purple Smell - good clean nose of coffee, chocolate, roast duck, chinese 5 spice, blackberries...

Regent Pacific Black Iris 2023 This is a blend in a glass designed to drop the slight sweetness of Pacific Black Iris (Foch, Regent...

retaste: Appearance - inky purple Nose - good wild cherry dominant Tannin - good Acid- good Flavour - good, rich dark dry fruit...

2023 Sheridan Vineyard Chardonnay 45% D47 yeast, 45% V13 yeast with 10% Chilean Viognier 2024. My son in law and I tasted this. It is...

Today my son, his girlfriend, and I bottled the Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Over a year ago we planned this, trying to...

Marechal Foch 2024 Rose The home grown Foch were picked at SG 1.076 which is the lowest I've ever seen which I can only attiribute to...

Russet Macintosh Cyser Pyment 2024 This is SG 1.000 racked into my cooler at about 25 ppm free SO2 fermented with D47 and 71B yeast...

update: racked my Regent rose with sulphite at SG 0.996. It is clearing and smells like a combination of cranberries and red currants...

retaste Appearance - inky purple Smell - good clean nose, sage, cocoa, roast duck, chinese 5 spice Tannin - good Acid - good...

Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 This is 75% Amador Cabernet Sauvignon and 25% Washington Dineen Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon hand destemmed and...

last tasting for awhile: Pacific Chardonnay 2023-2024 (first blend - we made 5) This is 90% Sheridan Vineyard Chardonnay 2023 from...

final of last bottle 1/2 of which go to make boeuf bourgignon tomorrow for stroganoff appearance - clear, deep rose smell - very...

leave the window open where you ferment if you ferment indoors. How warm is your shed?

update: Black Iris Port 2024 racked this at SG 1.009. It is slightly sweet but has a good flavour and smell. If It stops fermenting...

pectic enzyme which is indeed a protein breaks down polysaccharides i.e. carbohydrate polymers (chains)