Search results

In case some of you don't already know, I am moving down to North Georgia. A lot of people wonder why I'm doing this. It is all because some of my family has been down here for a good part of 30 years. It's also because this is a vibrant and upcoming wine region. I am glad to say in the...

Got a line on a place over the mountain. Apparently, it is just over yonder.

For very good reasons.. 1) for air circulation behind the bottles, 2) the wall.was not perfectly level, 3) I can recess the bottles a bit more, 4) this was the only way to make the geometry work. 5) I could make more out of my material this way (8 feet) (Only two of the above are the real.reasons)

The area is a below grade corner of the house, furthest from the furnace. It stays pretty cool there. I will have doors to seal it off though.

I start by spending 30 minutes to build a jig. Holds the side walls of a row square and properly spaced. Then I glue up and position the cross piece. Had to make 20 of them and this is how I could do it in just a couple hours and have it perfect every time...

End of day today. Built the left hand rack.

There is still the problem of having varieties that do not number to 3 cases. For this, I plan on making dividers that can slide into the large, center cubes, cutting them in half.

I am putting individual cubbies against the left and right walls that should hold 16 cases. I should fit 16 cases in the corner cabinets, and I can fit 36 cases in the diamonds. A total of 68 cases or 816 bottles. I plan on gifting a large portion of my wine to family, reducing my...

Not yet. Just in the process. Need to be ready to move my collection.

End of work for the day. After all, I am retired!

Unfortunately, there will be no room for welch's

My current project. New home means a new wine rack. Will only hold max 60 cases so I will have to cut down a little on my current inventory. Day 1 was me doing the layout, these are pics from day two. Got the base framing done and set, the corner cabinets made up and set, and I started...

Since Sundays are not a part of lent, I got to stop earlier

Lent is over for me in .... Three.... Two..... One...! Woohoo! Cheers everyone!

I do not now where you live but I am guessing that you are in northern NJ like me. For the spring, going to Pinto's is an automatic. They always have a great selection consistently (unlike corrados unfortunately). I have been burned by corrados several times in the past on my Chilean grapes...

Hello again everybody. Since retirement, I have been limited to my cell phone for internet access. I do not care how big they make them, cell phones are simply not "over 50 friendly" for internet access. also, been taking a lot of trips to make the most of it all, but now I am home, have...

Awesome! Send them home with a case and you may be surprised how eager they are to help you again!

Sweet. A shame to have to leave such a beauty as that.

To add on what Bernard said... I would also consider adding a dose of k-meta to protect the wine going forward.

OK, let's take a step back here. I assume that by "off tastes" you are talking about H2S issues? If so, then the real issue is the process you are using (inoculation, use of nutrients, balance of ph, or even the very strain of yeast you are using). Some folks like to leave their wine to age...