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White Fusion 2024 This is a blend in a glass of 50% Chilean Viognier from Fresco juice, 25% homegrown Russets + Macintosh apple juice chaptalized with cane sugar, 25% Homegrown white wine grapes including Siegerrebe, Ortega, Reichensteiner, Madeleine Angevine with homegrown Cox apple juice...

retaste at bottling today (I get 19 to age I'm guessing 5 years if I can keep my mitts out of it): Appearance - clear, deep lemon yellow Smell - really interesting intense nose that lingers, lychees, Haagen Dazs vanilla ice cream, quince, grapefruit, lemon meringue Tannin - good Acid - good...

Regent Rose 2024 This was picked on September 25 at SG 1.073 and then chaptalized with cane sugar to SG 1.085 before treating with 71B yeast. The smell is intriguing and one of a kind that lingers. The flavour is very good at 45 days!!!?. I've never made this before but will in the future...

Pacific Black Iris Regent 2023-2024 This is 25 bottles of Pacific Black Iris 2023 which is blackberries, pitted wild cherries, dried elderberries, Regent and Marechal Foch. I added 5 bottles of Regent Rose because I wanted to drop the sweetness and boost the acid. Here is what I taste in a...

allen wrench on an upside down carboy through the bung hole and pull

I put 1 bottle of metaxa plus 1/2 bottle of creme de cassis into a 25 bottle carboy plus medium toast American oak cubes and am tasting the left over wine at SG 1.007. My son in law tasted it and said he thought it was excellent. I'm sure my neighbour Iris who has the wild cherry tree will...

Sheridan Vineyard Chardonnay Apple 2023-2024 Appearance - lemon yellow Smell - very good nose Tannin - good Acid - good Flavour - this is very good. Not quite as good as last 2 Chardonnays that I commented on but still very good. I'll drink this ahead of the previous 2 primo Chardonnays...

Pacific Chardonnay Muscat 2023, Sheridan Vineyard Chardonnay 30% D47 yeast, 30% V13 yeast, 30% home grown muscats like Siegerrebe and Ortega with 10% Chilean Viognier 2024. This is 60% Washington Chardonnay, 30% homegrown Siegerrebe-Ortega and 10% Chilean Viognier from juice Appearance - clear...

retaste at bottling. I get 14 bottles of Sheridan Vineyard Chardonnay from fresh grapes 45% D47 yeast 45% V13 yeast with 10% Chilean Viognier from juice plus citric acid on medium toast American oak. Appearance - clear, deep lemon yellow Smell - very fragrant, buttered popcorn, lemon zest...

I would have loved to taste it!

retaste: Appearance - clear deep rose Smell - good, fragrant, complex nose. Tannin - good Acid - good Flavour - intense, interesting, complex, with russet tannin in a good long aftertaste. Slightly sweet. This should be really good as a meat marinade for something like chow mein or better...

Black Iris Port with Creme de Cassis in a glass 2024 at about SG 1.008 finished or almost finished fermenting. I have 25 bottles. This is mostly wild cherries with a few blackberries and 1 lb dried elderberries fermented with EC-1118 yeast with nutrient. Here are my comments on this blend in a...

retaste after bottling 1 of 2 carboys

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retaste: after bottling Pinnacle of Verdot a 50/50 Washington Dineen Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon/Petit Verdot fermented with RC212 and nutrient for 11 days hand destemmed and uncrushed with oak and first sulphite after MLF. Bottled at 80 ppm total sulphite. i.e. ~27 ppm free sulphite. This is...

catch the fruit flies with cider vinegar traps pinhole punctured saran wrap tops on any small cider vinegar containers. re pectic enzyme use 1 tbsp per gallon.

retaste: Appearance - clear, inky purple Smell - good clean nose of coffee, chocolate, roast duck, chinese 5 spice, blackberries Tannin - good high enough for this wine to age Acid - Foch is usually acidic even after malolactic fermentation. Maybe slightly high but not by much which should...

Regent Pacific Black Iris 2023 This is a blend in a glass designed to drop the slight sweetness of Pacific Black Iris (Foch, Regent, Blackberries, Dried Elderberries and pitted Wild Cherries) with dry Regent, everything oaked with medium toast American oak. 2/3 Regent 1/3 Pacific Black Iris...

retaste: Appearance - inky purple Nose - good wild cherry dominant Tannin - good Acid- good Flavour - good, rich dark dry fruit wine which will age. Has a bottle of Bols cherry liqueur in it which is noticeable and gives it a really nice finish. This is balanced and tasty, maybe slightly...