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retaste: Appearance - inky purple Smell - good rich nose - black licorice, cocoa, plums, cigar box, tar Tannin - good Acid - good Flavour - this my wife's premium red. rich, complex, not acidic, not too tannic i.e. her palate. This is very good, for her maybe excellent. I'm glad that I have...

retaste: Appearance - slight fizz which disappears with 10 minutes in a glass, clear lemon yellow Smell - very fragrant muscat similar to Gewurtztraminer Tannin - fine Acid - fine Flavour - rich tasty dry muscat. This is really good. Acid is just high enough to balance it. It has a super...

retaste: Pinnacle of the Pacific 2020 This is 60% Washington Dineen Vineyard Cabernet Franc and 40% California Amador County Cabernet Sauvignon. Pinnacle is my designation for a Cabernet blend. Pacific is my designation for at least 2 vineyards on the west coast. This is hand destemmed...

We seeded 4 pails of Fresco Australian fresh Orange Muscat juice at SG 1.083 and 3 pails of Fresco Chilean fresh Viognier juice at SG 1.083 (slightly fermenting) with D47 starter + nutrient containing B vitamins in half full glass carboys (since D47 is a heavy foamer).

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Carol's Red 2020-2022 This is my wife Carol's house wine i.e. everyday red (I make it for her palate which is different than mine): 2020 - Washington Dineen Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Sheridan Syrah 2021 - Dineen Cabernet Franc, Amador Cabernet Sauvignon, Lodi Mettler Vineyard Petite Sirah...

retaste cold out of the fridge: Appearance - inky purple Nose - good wild cherry dominant but less intense than when it is warmer Tannin - good - chilling it makes it softer Acid- good cold Flavour - This is very good cold. Closest thing to it is Dubonnet. This should be very good on the...

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Saperavi "Quintessential Georgian variety producing deeply coloured, firm, initially tart but ageworthy reds." from - Robinson, Jancis; Harding, Julia; Vouillamoz, Jose. Wine Grapes: A Complete Guide to 1,368 Vine Varieties, Including Their Origins and Flavours: A James Beard Award Winner (p...

wines can take -7 Celsius before they freeze. Put vodka-water in the air locks and they won't freeze

Marechal Foch 2023 organic homegrown, hand destemmed and uncrushed, in very nice dry condition, with RC212/71B yeast combo. SG 1.094 at harvest. Here are my comments: Appearance - inky purple Nose - good complex, wild meat, cocoa, plums, leather, aniseed, cardamom Tannin - good Acid-...

retaste blended 50/50 with Marechal Foch 2023 (organic homegrown, hand destemmed and uncrushed with RC212/71B yeast combo. Here are my comments: Pacific Black Iris Foch 2023 Appearance - inky purple Nose - good complex, wild cherry is less dominant than before. Now its like funky cherry...

organic cyanide compounds in the pits. Take the pits out. The hard stone in the center of cherries is full of prussic acid, also known as cyanide, which is poisonous. But there's no need to freak out if you accidentally swallow one -- intact pits just pass through your system and out the other...

I'd do 6 lbs cherries per gallon of water for 7 gallons of water to get more flavour.

sulphite + malolactic bacteria may equal hydrogen sulphide. If you decant with aeration before you drink it, the smell should lessen or disappear i.e. hydrogen sulphide + oxygen = sulphur or sulphate, sulphite + oxygen = sulphate. In future consider leaving sulphite out of the primary ferment...

did you use nutrient during fermentation (if so which one). Did the wine go malolactic? If it did was sulphite used before malolactic fermentation?

rack onto sulphite with stirring

leave it alone it will probably sort itself out.

retaste of Russet 2023: Appearance -clear, deep yellow Smell - really fragrant rich Russet apple nose. Tannin - good. Acid - good. Flavour - really good, rich, tasty, balanced apple wine. For apple wine, this is first class. Russets work because of the tannin in the skins, acid in the fruit...