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Knock knock..... Who is there? Banana, banana Knock knock..... Who is there Orange Orange who? Orange you glad I didn't say banana, banana

Kermit the frog is pretty green but we all know how good he is.

retaste: appearance - clear, yellow gold smell - good, complex nose tannin - good acid - good flavour - good, rich complex flavour with a long aftertaste. This has an SG of 1.000 but doesn't taste sweet because of the Russet skin tannins.

retaste: Appearance - clear, inky purple Smell - good clean nose of coffee, chocolate, roast duck, chinese 5 spice, blackberries, plums, cigar box Tannin - good Acid - good Flavour - This is very good, interesting hybrid red. It is better than the last time I tasted it. 71B/RC212 yeast...

from my carboy cooler: Appearance - clear, inky purple Smell - good, clean, complex nose. Smells like what you get on good Washington Mourvedre - Italian seasoning, licorice, wild cherries, elderberries, blackberries Tannin - good Acid - good Flavour - This is very good with a good, long...

Agreed. Do blends in a glass before mixing gallons with gallons.

that is a good price.

Oak chips (I use medium toast American oak cubes - 30 for a 25 bottle carboy and let them soak for 90-120 days).

Check the SG. If it is 0.992-0.994 your wine has finished ferment. What was the SG when you started and which yeast did you use?

destem and freeze them. Unless they are slightly moldy no sulphite is required until the end of ferment and/or malolactic fermentation.

Macintosh 2024 This is my son in law's Macintosh apple wine chaptalized with cane sugar and fermented with D47 yeast. SD is 1.000 from a cooler carboy. Tasting notes: Appearance - clear, deep lemon yellow Smell - very nice apple nose Tannin - good Acid - slightly high but I like it Flavour...

Russet Macintosh Cyser Pyment 2024 This is a cooler sample of 50% homegrown Russets with Okanagan Macintosh apples crushed and pressed as juice and chaptalized with cane sugar to ~SG 1.085 blended with homegrown Cox apples plus Siegerrebe, Ortega, Madeleine Angevine and Reichensteiner grapes...

brilliant!

good on you pal

retaste: Appearance - inky purple Smell - good clean nose, sage, cocoa, roast duck, chinese 5 spice Tannin - good maybe slightly high. Acid - good Flavour - this is a decent homegrown Regent Marechal Foch blend with a unique flavour. It is good - very good with a slightly tannic...

retaste of 100% homegrown organic Regent 2023: Appearance - purple ink Smell - good nose, a bit cold out of the cooler in a bottle but the smell is fine and lingers. Tannin- good Acid - good Flavour - This is very interesting and should improve as it ages. It has tannin in the aftertaste...

Primo 2021-23 This is destemmed, uncrushed Dineen Cabernet Sauvignon with Dineen Petit Verdot with Mettler Amarone style Petite Sirah. Tasting now: Appearance – purple ink Smell – really good, fragrant nose – intense mocha chocolate, plums, sour licorice after that I’m lost Tannin – good...

retaste ahead of blending with Chardonnay and bottling 4 bottles as is. Tasting notes on 4 bottles as is: Appearance - clear, very light lemon yellow Smell - good, fragrant muscat nose, trace of sulphite Tannin - good Acid - good for me my wife will probably find it to be a bit tangy...

Chardonnay Fleur d'Oranger 2023-24 This is my last Sheridan Vineyard Chardonnay 2023 71B ferment blend in a glass with Fresco Australian Orange Muscat. We added citric acid to the Chardonnay because 71B yeast made it a bit flat. I'll bottle 4 Orange Muscats on their own. I'll test the sulphite...

I'm racking this now with 1/8 tsp potassium metabisulphite and extra dextrose to raise the SG from 1.006 to 1.009. Appearance - clear deep rose/light red Smell - very fragrant and intense Tannin - good Acid - good at this sweetness level of SG 1.009 Flavour - this is delicious raspberry...