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The other medals were 2008 Orange Chocolate Port,Gold; 2008 Tannat Merlot, Silver; 2008 Pacific Quartet, Silver; 2008 Pacific Quartet, Bronze; 2008 Gentil, Bronze. I mistakingly entered the Pacific Quartet twice, I sent in one entry of three wines and after winning in Winemakers Competition I...

Corrado's is in Paterson, NJ. They have about 1500 people at the awards dinner in January. It's really a great time at a great place.

Did anyone enter the Indiana State Fair Wine Competition? They got over 3000 entries in both commercial and amateur. I entered 6 wines myself and recieved 6 medals!! I got 2 bronze, 2 silver, 1 gold, and 1 double gold. The double gold entries go for the best of show awards. Hey George, it was my...

If your ever in NJ Jackie stop by and I'll give you some of mine!!

Well besides my double batch of Sanoma Valley Pinot Noir in primary and 52 gallons bulk aging in my carboys and the 12 kits waiting to get started, I am planning on using my $500 that George is giving my wife and I to purchase more kits!! What am I nuts??...NAH. We have to make sure we make...

Way to go George, I am happy for you. I will be double happy when you take the lead next year. I turned 2 of my friends on to you and 1 of them got a silver. I'll make sure he enters more next year, he only entered 2 this year. Best of luck.

I guess I got you beat. I have 12 waiting for me!! 2 of them are double batches but a box is still a box!! I am planning to start 3 of them this weekend. Good Luck

Too many 'Gazintas' for me to calculate, but thanks for the info!! I'll just sit back and enjoy my glass of wine and think about what to enter next year!! CHEERS TO ALL...

Thats pretty weird George. I'd like to know how they judged your Pacific Quartet, there seemed to be alot of winners with this one.

Appleman, I did exceed my limit so I had Tara choose her favorites before I decided what to take a chance with. So between the 2 of us we entered 18. She entered a 2005 Staggs Leap District Merlot that should have won hands down, it won a gold this year in our North Jersey competition. I can't...

WooHoo...5 medals for me too!! Gold CC Yakima Valley Washington Gentil RJ Spag Argentina Tannat Merlot Silver WE Pacific Quartet WE Washington Columbia Valley Cab Franc/Merlot RJ Spag Orchard Breezin Cranapple Chardonnay Watch out George, I've got $500 to spend!! WTG all winners

Congrats to all. Hey George, you said you counted 37 medals but only listed 23. I guess I still have a shot!! Oh well...There's always next year!!

I had no problem shipping my wines, I just drove them to Vermont myself!! I live in New Jersey so it only took me 3 1/2 hours. It was alot easier and cheaper than last year. I entered 15 wines myself and my wife entered 3. I also brought with me 10 from one friend and 2 from another. That gives...

Tried to put the picture of my label up but I'm not as good with the computer as I am with grapes!! Any suggestions? I tried to copy and paste it.

Way To Go Ramona!!! Thats a really cool label. I made it to editors Choice with my Cellar Cat Wines label. Dave

Welcome Mr. Alive!! What I do when I need to suck up some head space is have some glass marbles on hand and after sterilizing and rinsing them I add them to the carboy to have the wine fill up the empty space. Hope this helps and gives you another option. Dave

Sorry I forgot to answer your other question. I picked up the ice at 10 am and as of 7 am the next day there was still about half of the ice left!! I put it in a cooler and worked out of that. The ice is 110 below zero so you gotta be careful!!

The cost for 40lbs of pelletized dry ice was $30. This was easier than trying to break up a block of the stuff. It took about 2 minutes for the plug to freeze. I was doing 6 bottles on a rotating schedule. I was working alone so as I took one bottle out I would replace it and by the time I got...

I am presently trying my luck with coconut and pineapple also. I made myself a batch of Pinot Grigio from fresh juice and before clearing I added some Malibu Rum Extract (From Fine Vine) as well as some pineapple extract added to a batch of sugar syrup I made on the stove. It's taking awhile to...