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Back to work today but over the weekend racked 12 gal. of Coastal White and 25 gal. of Syrah. :h

I also think Wade's gone fishing. That's where I'd be if I could squeeze it in.:h

Also Tess. She posted some great photos. :?

Been so busy, haven't been on at all till tonight. Off from work or I should say off from my job, doing plenty work at home. Started my "vacation" Saturday with a trip to the Audiologist to get my ears checked. Been having trouble with my balance (not wine related) and the ENT sent me for some...

I normally set the tubing so that it's high in the carboy and touching the side so that the wine is spread out down the side as I rack and haven't had a problem so far with this sheet racking method. This allows more of the gas to diperse as the wine flows down. :D

I was born in Manhattan. In a neighborhood they call Little Italy where everyone knew each other and especially knew your parents if you did something wrong. Growing up I didn't think there were any other kind of people in the world but Itialians. We lived in the apartment in the rear and my...

I guess it depends on which yeast you are using. I used Premier Cuvee which is supossedly low foaming so I think I'm ok. Red Star Premier Cuvée (Davis 796), a strain of Saccharomyces bayanus from a French wine yeast, is a special isolate of Red Star Yeast & Products. This yeast has good...

Oh, and we did get to do all the Mother's Day stuff. Out to dinner with the Mother in Law and two sisters in law. Then to my sister in law's so all the kids could come over. Lots of people. Lots of fun. Today I went to work to get a rest. :h

Joe, At what point did you add the raisins to the Amarone Primary or Secondary?? :?

You know I placed that bit in there in the joke forum and it is so funny but as they say many a truth is spoken in jest and it brings out so many fond memories of my younger days in the old neighborhood and even later on after we had moved out and the family struggled to maintain the old...

Busy Weekend Ok so Saturday ran out to Corrados to pick up my juice pails. 6 in all 2 for my brother-in-law 4 for me and 2 lugs of grapes 1 each. This is the first foray using fresh grapes so we went light till we could see how we were goint to get this done without any equipment. So I...

It was actually totally by accident. When I was picking up the juice pails I had asked for three of Nero d'Avola intending to make a triple batch. When I finished putting everything into the fermenter (big brute) and began to clean up I went outside to rinse the pails and noticed that though...

Buongiorno This is why I love the Italian culture… they are very natural and earthy... please enjoy this truth about Italians - especially if you grew up in an Italian family - some of these will hit home. Gustare! (enjoy) Italians Explained… Do you know why most men from Italy are...

Well I bottled 25 liters of Nero Davola/Dolcetta blend last night. I needed to make some room. I'm planning on picking up some juice this weekend. I had hoped to bulk age it a bit longer but I needed to shuffle some things around but I still have 50 liters in bulk so I'll get to compare bulk vs...

Wounded Warriors 2014 Wounded Warriors escort. Thats me 3rd. bike from the right. :h

Nice Weekend Well Saturday started off with a 200 mi. motorcycle ride to escort some wounded warriors home for a special weekend to honor their sacrifice. http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/05/wounded_warriors_honored_at_si.html Sunday Vacummed the pool and labeled 13 cases of the...

Enologo=Wine maker in Italian, which I'm working to become with the help of the great people on this forum. ;)

+1 I've been using these in my Demijohns for bulk aging. I really like them, they also have less height then the standard airlock which allows me to fit them under a shelf that I have other things stored on so I cam maximize my wine making space. :D

I also voted other because being of Italian decent I feel as though it's part of my heritage, in the genes so to speak. My wife also accuses me of being borderline OCD having to do every thing myself whether it's working on the house, the cars, the yard etc.. I guess I'm more addicted to the...

This weekend racked 18 gallons of Nero D'Avola and bottled 6 gallons of Skeeter Pee. Today back to the Daily Grind.:c