Muscadine Wine

[Waldo]

Thanks Ramona....I owe my success to all of the good people here on the forum. With each attempt/failure I am adding notches to my wine making skills.


I think the ultimate would be that one weekend we could all meet somewhere just to fellowship/share wines and see who can tell the biggest lies

 

[rgecaprock]

That would definitely be the ultimate!! Hope that someday that can happen and I have a feeling it will!!


Ramona

 

[Angell Wine]

Queen Wilhelmina state park or Hot Springs ?

 

[rgecaprock]

We need to plan something in the spring......Sounds like a good central location....would that be Arkansas?


Ramona

 

[Waldo]

Hot Springs woul be ideal !!!

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[Waldo]

Started my 5 liter barrel curing yesterday moning. Will let it soak another day then put it on its rack and keep er full tilll it stops leaking then I plan to fill it with sulfite solution and let it soak until I get ready to add the Muscadine to it.

 

[Hippie]

Will the sulphite solution soak into the wood and leach out into the wine, dosing it too much?

 

[Waldo]

You may be right Hippie.. I sent the manufacturer an email but they have not responded back yet

 

[Waldo]

Bottled my Muscadine today. Started at 2:30 am sanitizing bottles. Then racked Muscadine into primary fermenter. I don't think it really needed it but I went ahead and filtered the muscadine too. I made a sugar syrup and sweetened the muscadine just a tad.

Got everything corked without any major mishaps. I found that neat wine bottle holder on eBay. I thought it was pretty cool.

Then I applied my labels and shrink tops. I know, this is not the label I intended to use but when I printed out the one I was going to use it just did not look right. I played with it a while and finally gave up and made the one on the bottles.

Here is a better picture of the label

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[MedPretzel]

It looks absolutely wonderful, Waldo!





Congratulations on a great looking wine!

 

[masta]

Holy cow Waldo....you are turning into quite a winemaker!

Looks like we have a soon to be expert in the making!

 

[rgecaprock]

Waldo,


You have made some great looking wines..

What is the board with the hole and the wine bottle sticking out of it???

 

[Hippie]

Very nice Waldo!

 

[Waldo]

Waldo,


You have made some great looking wines..

What is the board with the hole and the wine bottle sticking out of it???


It is just a neat wine bottle holder. I saw it on eBay and liked it. zGot it for $2.98

 

[Waldo]

It looks absolutely wonderful, Waldo!





Congratulations on a great looking wine!

Thanks Martina....I owe it's success tot he Forum.

 

[Waldo]

Holy cow Waldo....you are turning into quite a winemaker!

Looks like we have a soon to be expert in the making!

Thanks Masta..and I am having a blast. Just anticipating another 12 months down the road when the fruits of my labors are being realized fully

 

[Waldo]

Very nice Waldo!

Thanks Hipppie......I cant wai until next year to get more muscadines. I am just hoping I did not waste those good muscadines on the blend I did with the Grape

 

[Hippie]

Me too!

 

[Angell Wine]

Waldo : Give us an up date on the oak barrel

 

[pkcook]

Waldo,


What a vivid color!

I'm sure the taste will be just as good.


Bra...vo!