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Dan, the Touriga came from PI, you probably made it! Very Good!

Had dinner tonight with a group of friends. Started with an Italian 2012 Vino De Casa, then a 2012 Chilean Carmenere, a 2011 California Shiraz, a 2011 California Cabernet Sauvignon then finished with a Touriga Nacionale Port style and a Vidal Blanc Ice wine. It is a lot of fun when everyone in...

Dan, I use a stainless steel In-Sink-Erator garbage disposer. It does a great job and is easy to clean and use.

I'm not sure near you but you're only 550 miles from Luva Bella!

It may look like an over-sized Chef Boyardee Pizza but if that one is a Ray's Pizza from Greenwich Village you would be in for a real taste treat! I agree with JohnT, New York Pizza is real Pizza!

I finished bottling the 2013 Chilean Carmenere today. Fortunately there was 3/4 of a bottle left over so I stuck a vaccu-vin stopper in it and set it aside for this evening. Wow, it is fantastic! Absolutely the best I've ever made! Now hopefully I can leave the 250 bottles alone for another year.

I did not get all of my bottling done, I did bottle 125 bottles of Chilean Carmenere that was started a year ago. Thanks to Runningwolf and JoesWine and their advice this is the best wine I've ever made! I still have 5 more carboys to bottle then I can sample the Malbec! I picked up Chilean...

I will be starting mine today. Petite Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sangiovese, Merlot and Zinfandel. Its exciting every time I do it!

Grapeman, some of the wines are over two years old. I never bottle a red the first year. what I will be bottling today is 2013 Chilean now one year old. I don't count 1 gallon jugs as carboys

You might want to reconsider the mini-jet, I gave mine away after 2-3 uses. there are much better solutions out there. take a look at the all in one pump and filter system or look at the Enolmatic. the All in one is about the same cost as the mini jet and is by far a better system.

Forty Four full ones currently, hoping to empty 20 of them tomorrow, probably 60 total in the cellar.

Today I washed and sanitized bottles then cleaned and sanitized everything in anticipation of bottling 9 carboys of Chilean malbec, 9 carboys Chilean Carmenere, 1 carboy of Zinfandel and one of Cabernet Sauvignon. by my count that should be about 600 bottles and approx. half of what is ready to...

I'm enjoying a delightful 2011 Cabernet-Merlot, California juice bucket from Luva Bella, it was good at one year, its great at 2-1/2 years!

Currently my production has been near the legal limit. My cellar will hold around 3500 bottles. We consume approx. 500 bottles per year and I am trying to get onto a 5 year rotation. It is working because tonight I'm drinking a nice Shiraz, California 2011, it is only 2-1/4 years old but its...

I agree with Shoebiedoo, add the raisins. I bought 10 buckets of the Bello Chilean Carmenere last spring, added one pound of raisins to each bucket, added one tablespoon of tannin then after taste testing I added another tablespoon of tannin. the wine is now a year old, is ready to bottle and is...

What yeast are you using? Red Star Montrachet? You might want to try a different strain or maintain a better nutrient schedule.

Score!!! Now to bottle 44 full carboys!

Nice Doug! I'd like to have one again but I'm too old (that is my wife's excuse for not buying one).

Really makes you wonder why you even try! I'm glad you did, I learned from your post, Thanks!

Wow! 144 years old! I'd like to at least get a chance to sniff it!