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Enjoying a quiet and beautiful evening at home… The Spoils… Backstage…lol

Bottled (yesterday) the 2021 Glen Oaks Merlot (Sonoma) and today labeled and dressed them with silver wax. I have 6 magnums and 136 normal sized Bordeaux bottles...

Blonde Port (20 ABV) fortified with Everclear made from the same Roussanne I made the Orange Wine from. So delicious! Here's how I would describe it: Bursting with ripe peaches and apricots on the nose accompanied by luscious overtones of grandmas homemade jam and candied sugar - delightful!!

The wedding was great and the wine was very well received. I brought the Orange wine, a Pinot Gris, Sauv Blanc and a red blend. The wines were a show stopper…

@yanick - great looking bottle of wine! Sounds like your process was a good one and you learned what to do next. I’m planning on making this wine again. If it turned out similar to the first batch, I’d be very happy. Because this is a white “orange :) ” wine made in a red wine style I have...

I know your question is about juice concentrate, but what you're really asking is how to increase color, body and mouthfeel. Since you're making wine with grapes, why not try a Saignée style? Saignée (“sohn-yay”) means “to bleed,” and it is a method that involves “bleeding” off a portion of...

Update: I have displacement from the yeast! Pitched Fresco last night... I leave for Minneapolis tomorrow to work for a few days in the Twin Cities. I'll be home Wednesday and I expect to see some animation in that orange lid...

Update: I drove to Portland and picked up the Riesling juice from the freezer yesterday. It was pretty hot and it thawed enough to pour into the fermentor within a few hours. What wasn't thawed was loose "snow cone" ice that was easily stirred into a slush for easy pouring. I checked the...

This wine is very tasty…

I took this image a few years ago of one of my partners as we fished along the Boulder River in South East Montana. Good times...

All of this is throwing a wrench in my Hawaiian Habitat Build - I fly to Kaua'i on September 29th... Return 8 days later...

@NorCal - any updates on the vineyard progress?

Just got home from my son's wedding in San Diego, CA. Let me introduce you to Mr. and Mrs. Jared Burgin (aka, Crushday JR...)

Vinny, thanks for weighing in. My volume and fleet of plastic tanks prohibit me from using Steve's set up. Right now I'm leaning toward the time/filter strategy. I'm not going to be in any hurry to get this Riesling bottled. Thanks to everyone who has participated in helping me find a...

I'll documenting the whole process with detailed notes and pictures.

Bryan, This is solid advice. Perhaps I'll try both methods as I'll have enough wine for a substantive comparison.

This will be my fourth vintage of making an off-dry Riesling. My process for the first three attempts has been this: 1. Allow the wine to ferment dry 2. Store in bulk and let time clear and degas for 6 months 3. Rack, add sorbate, back sweeten (simple syrup) to taste and store in bulk for...

2022 Carménère Rosè made in the Saignée method. This wine is very lush and fruity...and reflects my dog, Sadie, well. lol

I'm drinking the 2020 Optimist tonight. A bit of backstory... I was driving to California for a haul of grapes from Loomis, CA on August 28th, 2020. As you know, as a world, we were in the throws of CoVid19. Driving on I-90 was one of the most strange experiences of my life. It was...

Thanks, Mike. As an FYI, Peter Brehm sold is frozen grape business to Winegrapesdirect.com - that said, Peter still owns White Salmon Vineyard but is probably sold out by now. @patrickjhalf - how much Pinot do you need this year? I have 1 MB on order and could part this some... PM me if...