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[chevyguy65]

Hello to All,


Its been a crazy couple of months here!!!!! We can finally sit a bit and surf for awhile. To let you know where we've been and what we are up to.


I've recently gone to Dayshift after 10 years on 3rd!!!!!!

. Im starting to feel like a normal person again,but by the time I get home from work,get changed make supper for Mrs Chevy,clean up and watch a little TV then its bed time!! Then on my days off its a little bowhunting and visiting with the Family. Then my Sisters Weddinga few weeks ago.We did manage to start a few batches of wine . We picked 20+ lbs of Concords that are sitting in deep freeze right now.


bottled a batch of Cranberry Chianti
Choco. Orange Port is sitting in bulk
Cherry Wine #2 bulk aging 1.5 months
Just started a 3gal batch of Apple Wine


After that a batch of Concord and then a batch ofMead (found honeyat the Orchard we gotthe apple juice for $2.50 a lb) I think its a good deal?


HOLY COW! I almost forgot to tell you... Mrs. Chevy and Ihad our Anniversary on Saturday the 14th.(1 year and loving it more each day

)


now it FINE VINE WINE TIME again....


M and M Chevy

 

[NorthernWinos]

Hi back at you!!! Hope you can spend more time with us during the fall and winter months.

 

[grapeman]

I thought you said you were busy? Sounds like a normal day for many here

Welcome back! Make some more wine and share your experiences with us again. How was the bow hunting?

 

[jobe05]

Welcome back M & M Chevy................

We were just thinking that you were off making little Chevettes.............

Now we find out that you were just making wine...................

 

[Wade E]

Welcome back Chevies! I hope you can relax and have a glass of ine with us.

 

[Waldo]

Welcome back chevies

 

[chevyguy65]

Appleman...Bow hunting is off to a slow start. Very warm early in the season and now we have a lot of rain. hopefully the trees will drop their leaves soon.


Jobe... the chevettes we have are all we need(4 between to 2 of us.20,15,10,9)

Wade ,NW and Waldo....we may have slowed for a while but never stopped....CHEERS


Waldo any tips before we start our Concord wine? I'm guessing its similar to Muscadines.

 

[PolishWineP]

Happy anniversary to you! Good marriages are a lot like good wines. If you give them the care that they deserve they do nothing but improve with age.

 

[PeterZ]

Well, SWMBO went above and beyond in getting me a gift to celebrate 30 years together. She bought me a BMW (2001 530iA, Topaz Blue over Gray - my dream car). Many of you saw it at Winestock. The big question is what will I get her for our 30th anniversary next September? It's looking like a new house.

There are three we are looking at. One is within our price range. No wine room - staying with using the spare bathroom to make wine. The next is at $550k - if we win the mini-lottery. Garage is 4' below main slab - cut in some stairs and put in a wine cellar (er. storm shelter) under the slab. The third is $1.1M (Powerball) that already has a 1000+ bottle cellar. All she has to do is win the Powerball and she can have any house she wants.

Edited by: PeterZ

 

[chevyguy65]

Well we've been slacking on the forum lately so another update is in order.


we have the following in glass right now:


3 gals of apple aging


3 gals of Cherry(just racked and sweetened) what brix level is considered sweet wine? Mrs chevy likes it sweet.The last batch was dry.this one is about 3 brix


3 gals of concord.clearing


Concord started out smelling like rotten eggs!!! splashed rack 2 times and its almost gone now. Thanks for the advice guys!!!


Bow hunting was ok shot a doe(first deer with a bow)then waited for the monster buck to walk by and it never happened. But I got until Jan. to get one.
looking to start a batch of mead and probably another kit soon!!!


We just love this hobby.
Looking forward to making Winefest 2008.It will be "Our AnniversaryTrip"

 

[chevyguy65]

Here is the pic of the doe. couldnt add it to the other post

Oh ya here arethe latest batches:


left to right Apple , Concord, Cherry

Edited by: chevyguy65

 

[jobe05]

Nice!

I can almost cut that with a fork from here!

 

[grapeman]

Nice doe Chevy. It looks like I will go the year with no deer. Other than bow season which I don't do yet and one week of muzzleloading(hot and rained all week this year) we can't shoot does here. Naturally I watched about 100 of them this year. Only saw a couple bucks early this year with no good shot- so didn't take. Then there was last weekend when I saw a buck and a doe in the next hedgerow over(about 200 yards) I put the binoculars up to check for size and a truck drove in front of them. Some guy drove right in front of me and scared the buck off.......grrrrrrr. No problem. If need be I will get a nuisance permit to keep the does out of grazing on the vines and apple trees.