Howdy! central Illinois - another newbie

[artfulcoyote]

About a year and 1/2 and currently fermenting 3 batches! New hobby and have reading all I can get my hands on so to speak. Lotsa questions dont know where to start... But here I is!

Thanks!

 

[bkisel]

Welcome to WMT! New guy myself. Started making kit wine this past January. Wife and I are drinking wine from the first two low end kits. Have two higher end kits bulk aging.

Take care...

 

[robie]

Welcome to the forum, Randy. If you have a question, ask away.

 

[Tess]

welcome Randy!! Lots of good people and information here.

 

[TahunaJR]

Always nice to see another person from Cent. IL!!! Welcome....

Joe R.

 

[Julie]

Welcome to winemakingtalk!

 

[BobR]

Always nice to see another person from Cent. IL!!! Welcome....

Joe R.

Yeah, good to see you! What part of central Illinois are you located in? I'm close to Springfield.

 

[Gowers Choice]

Hello from Canton, Il. Also look for Central Illinois Wine Makers group on Face Book.

 

[artfulcoyote]

im near spfld/rochester

 

[winemaker_3352]

Welcome aboard!!!

 

[BobR]

Well I'll be, were not too far apart.....maybe 15 minutes. Do you ever go to the Thursday night farmers market at the fairgrounds. There is a winery and brewery there every Thursday from 4-7. With the State Fair going on they won't hold another one until August 22nd. Maybe we can grab a glass some night. It runs until mid-October.

 

[artfulcoyote]

Well I'll be, were not too far apart.....maybe 15 minutes. Do you ever go to the Thursday night farmers market at the fairgrounds. There is a winery and brewery there every Thursday from 4-7. With the State Fair going on they won't hold another one until August 22nd. Maybe we can grab a glass some night. It runs until mid-October.

My wife has been I haven't. Sounds good though. I didn't know wine was present at the market. Sounds good. We'll have to work it out closer to 22nd.

How long you been making wine? What is fav? Or hardest?

 

[BobR]

Hi Randy,

Yep, there is a winery there every week! On the 22nd, Lasata Winery will be there and Rolling Meadows Brewery is there every week for the beer drinkers. It's a fun time, especially if there is a good winery there. There are two food tents there, so you can eat, drink and be merry. http://www.agr.state.il.us/nightmarket/
I don't make too much wine at all. As a retirement hobby, I enjoy messing with my grapes. I find that they are more forgiving than wine making. Last fall, I made some Concord wine from fresh grapes that I bought from Baxter's Winery in Nauvoo. Since that turned out to be a disaster, I have more grapes ordered this year and will try and learn from my mistakes. The year before, I made a kit wine, but I didn't like that. Last November I made a gallon of strawberry, but I'm thinking it might end up being a better paint striper or carburetor cleaner than a drinkable wine. I have some Concord, Niagara and Catawba grapes. Most won't be producing any grapes until next year.

 

[soccer0ww]

Welcome from northern illinois. Lots of information here, and it sounds like you have a great start on wine making.

 

[artfulcoyote]

Awesome! I didn't have much luck planting grapes and berries.
Would love to, I have room for some.

 

[cimbaliw]

Welcome A. Coyte