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So, I racked my pinot grigio this morning, all looked and tasted fine in the 5 gallon carboy. However, I was topping off from a half gallon of pinot grigio which my nephew also pulled out the air lock. When I was topping off, there seemed to be a relatively stringy type of white stuff coming...

And ours...

Wife made chicken pot pie tonight...delish!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone, enjoy!

Thanks for responses, the wine has been bulk aging for a few months. I tasted it and it seemed fine, but as a precaution I added some additional k-meta

So, at some point today my nephew pulled out the air lock from the stopper of my 5 gallons of pinot grigio. No idea when it happened but it did and I just noticed this evening. Any precautions I should take at this point?

Off today so I racked 5 gallons of Chilean Zin. Added additional 1.5 oz. of heavy toast French oak cubes. Really digging the flavor profile heavy toast is adding to the Zinfandel.

Racked 5 gallon of Chilean Malbec and Carmenere last night. Added more oak cubes to both. Heavy French to the Malbec and Medium + to the Carmenere. Both are progressing nicely.

Plan on racking my cab.sauv. that just finished mlf. Gonna add 2-3 ounces of med.+ toast French oak cubes as well. Then trick or treat with the kiddos tonight.

This thread has inspired me - I added 2 ounces of medium toast French oak cubes last night to my Chilean Zin from the spring currently aging in carboy. However, I also ordered some heavy toast cubes today as Rocky's usage of heavy toast is certainly intriguing. Never used heavy toast but may...

Hey Steve- how many pounds was that brisket? It looks fantastic. I have been wanting to do a brisket on my Weber but have stuck to mostly spares and baby backs.

How many pounds was that brisket? It looks fantastic. I have been wanting to try a brisket on my Weber but have stuck to mostly spares and baby backs.

Not sure about the kits, mine was made from a juice bucket. However, Carmenere does have an earthy quality (to me atleast) but also some nice fruit flavors. My wife and I like it for its versatility, we can drink it on a random Tuesday evening or pair it with a nice grilled steak dinner on the...

My 2014 Chilean Carmenere. Quite tasty.

I am currently putting my fall CA cab sav. through mlf (from grapes + juice) and a good indicator for me has been the tiny bubbles that rise to the top of the carboy almost look like little comets. However, as odd as that sounds, that last few wines I put through mlf, when those bubbles...

Yeah, we saw quite a few on the way down. Breaking out some barbera and Carmenere

Jim- we are at Landsdowne in Leesburg, Va. Beautiful country.

Up early to rack 7 gallons of cab to secondary, added mlb an getting our oldest to the bus stop. Then off to VA for our annual guys golf weekend trip.

I am from the Pittsburgh area and I got juice from Luva Bella in Ohio and grapes from Consumers in the strip. Consumers also sells juice.

For a red, I'd recommend a Barbera