What are you making and what have you made ???

[2PUPs]

Haven`t made to much but list is as follows:

Bottled:
6 Gallon white zin. RJS
1 Gallon mead
6 Gallon blackberry merlot RJS
6 Gallon Pinot Noir RJS



I have on order as follows:
WE selection international chilean malbec shiraz w/ grape skins
WE selection international sicilian nero d` avola w/ grape skins
WE world vineyard calif. zinfandel/shiraz
WE world vineyard wash. riesling

 

[MadCow]

Only started making wine this summer/autumn after picking elderberries and blackberries. Later on I picked hips and haws and sloes.

So now I have:

Cab Sauv kit wine bottled (tried one bottle not bad but leaving it a bit longer)
Basic Red kit wine bottled
Elderberry bottled
Blackberry - just added finings
Rosehip - racked & settling
Hawthorn - racked & settling
hips & haws (used slurry of both above to make second batch) fermenting
Basic red kit - fermenting
Sloe wine - in primary

It gets addictive, doesn't it!

I also made sloe gin and blackberry brandy but that's another story.

 

[Loren]

Opened a bottle of 16 month old Pineapple wine last night. Have read a lot about pineapple wine not having much flavor, this one will prove them wrong. This was a receipe of Julie's that I added a couple of things to. Crushed pineapple from Walmart, Doles pineapple juice and some pineapple nector i bought from Publix. Made 2 gallons and really regret not making 5 gallon. Loren

 

[reefman]

Loren,
Please share your recipe!

 

[PCharles]

Looks great, Paul. Are you planning anything this winter?

Sorry Flem, I just picked up on your question. Today was a fun day. I racked my cranberry and cab sauv. This gave me a great chance to take a taste. The cab is really fantastic. I'm glad I a 750 ml bottle of the same wine to top off with.

You asked if I was planning anything this winter. I've kept myself busy with several no boil beer kits. I'm drinking some right now. I'm really please with the way it turned out. If you've never made beer before, I encourage you to put your fermenter to use. Granted I'm not a all grain beer maker, but it sure beats that watery store bought stuff.

Like I said, that cab sauv is really good. I'm thinking of saving my cash to purchase 300+ lbs of grapes this fall 2012. Here in NC, Merlot comes in early enough to clear the fermenter in time for a second batch of cab sauv. All depends on being able to purchase crushed destemmed grapes from area vineyard/wineries. In the spring I may make a recipe of strawberry. I have dibs on another 18 gallon fermenter. Rather then get backed up in the fall, I may just have to grab it.

Until then, I may do another 1 or 2 beer kits. Heck, 6 gallons for 20 bucks can't be beat.

 

[tjbryner]

Fermenting

6 gal Blackberry
6 gal Black Raspberry
6 gal Sweet Cherry
6 gal Elderberry
5 gal Banana
5 gal Orange Koo-laid
5 gal Apricot
5 gal Guava
5 gal Pink Grape Fruit

 

[Surefoot]

I'm a first time wine maker and just bottle my first batch of wine today...a White Zin from a kit. I have Apple in the fermenter now.

 

[joebrady]

Done and bottled:
6 Gallons Blackberry
6 Gallons Peach
3 Gallons Pear

Aging:
5 Gallons Pumpkin
5 Gallons Perssimon
1 Gallon Mullberry

Fermenting:
3 Gallons Apple

 

[spree]

Not Started Yet
None

Primary
Winexpert
Vintners Reserve Coastal Red

Secondary
Winexpert
Selection Estate Series Italian Barolo

Finishing
None

Bottled
Mosti Mondiale
Vinifera Noble Shiraz

 

[hedgerow-wine]

Aging / Fermenting

11 gal Yuengling clone
6 gal Blackberry
6 gal Chilean Carmenere (w/fresh grapes added to juice) MLF
6 Gal Chilean Malbec MLF
6 gal Chilean Cab/Merlot MLF
6 gal Raspberry
6 gal Plum
6 gal CA Mixed Black
6 gal CA Cabernet Sauvignon
6 gal CA Barbera
6 gal CA Sangiovese
6 gal CA White Merlot
6 gal CA Gewurtztraminere
6 gal Italian Borolo
6 gal Italian Dolcetto
6 gal Italian Cabernet Sauvignon
6 gal Nebbiolo


Home of the
Moon River Brewery
and
Delanco Vineyards

you have plenty of to do,keep up the good work, well done.

 

[Tom]

That don't include the 1600+ bottles I have to bring back down to the basement. I just had a new floor and parged walls done courtesy of Irene.

 

[hedgerow-wine]

I started this hobby in September of 2008

Future:

Waiting to be made:

Primary


Carboys
Red Raspberry
Cranberry
Valvin Muscat
RJS CRU Specialty:
-Apple Tatin White Port
-Cranapple Chardonnay
-Coffee Port
-Orange Chocolate Port x2
Catawba
Riesling
Diamond
Country Apple
Chambourcen
Traminette
Chardonnay
Niagara
Seyval
Marquis
Steuben
Fredonia
Crab Apple
California Cabernet Merlot
California Chardonnay/Crabapple
California Chardonnay/Peach/Apricot
California Gewurztraminer
California Johannisberg Riesling
California Liebfraumilch
California Lambrusco
California White Zinfandel

5 Gal Maple Syrup

Made and Bottled
From Juice:
- Chilean Carmenere
- Chilean Malbec
- Chilean Red Zinfandel
- Chilean Muscato
- Chilean Pinot grigio
- Fredonia
- Gewürztraminer
- Riesling
- Red Plum
- Labrusca
- Late Harvest Vignoles w/ chocolate
- Late Harvest Vignoles
- cherry/chocolate
- cherry chocolate/almonds
- Catawba
- Vignoles
- Tall Ships (Niagara 80% & Cayuga 20%)
- Cayuga with 20% Niagara blend
- Meghans Vista (Concord 2/3 & Dimond 1/3)
- Steuben
- Diamond
- Traminette
- Sweet Harvest Blend (Niagara/Concord 50/50)
- Isabella
- Vidal x3
- Raspberry Blush x2
- Rhubarb x2
- Rhubarb Strawberry
- Strawberry
- Blackberry Isabella X2
- Niagara x2
- Cranberry
- Mystic Sky (Niagara/Cranberry Blend) x2
- Vidal Ice Wine
- Vidal Ice Wine with chocolate blend

- Skittle Wine
- Skeeter Pee
- Skeeter Pee with Raspberry/Apple concentrate
- Apple/Jalapeno Wine
- Country Apple from Cider

RJS Cru Select
- German Riesling Traminer
- Italian Chianti Riserva
Orchard Breezin:
- CranApple Chardonnay
- Sangria w/Seville Orange
- Watermelon White Merlot
- Acai Raspberry Cabernet Sauvignon
- Calypso Bianco
- Pomegranate Wildberry Zinfandel
- Raspberry White Zinfandel
- Green Apple Gewurztraminer
- Cranberry Chianti
RJS Cru Specialty
- Orange Chocolate Port


Wine Expert:
Island Mist –

- Cranberry Melbec Kegged - on tap
- BlueBerry Pinot Noir
- Blackberry Cabernet X2
- Peach Apricot Chardonnay x 2
- Black Raspberry Merlot
- Wildberry Shiraz
- Green Apple Riesling
- Strawberry White Merlot
- Exotic Fruits White Zifandel
- Mango Citrus Symphony
- Kiwi Pear Sauvignon Blanc
- White Cranberry Pinot Gris x 2

Vintners Reserve-
- Merlot
- Liebfraumilch x 2
- Piesporter

Selection White Zinfandel
Selection Estate – Washington Columbia Valley Riesling x2
Selection Original – Piesporter
Selection Viognier
Selection Symphony
Selection Vieux Chateau Du Roi
Selection Original White Merlot x2
World Vineyard South African Chenin Blanc x2
World Vineyard – Washington Riesling
Limited Edition –
- New Zealand Gewürztraminer
- Australian Riesling
- Trio Blanca
- Pacific Quartet
- Pacifica White


Heron Bay:
Ultra Gewurztraminer
Ultra Cabernet Merlot

I wish i had such a big selection to start
Do you make your wine from kits or fruit,i only use fruit.

 

[Runningwolf]

Started with kits. Now I buy mostly juice. I

 

[hedgerow-wine]

I started this hobby in September of 2008

Future:

Waiting to be made:

Primary


Carboys
Red Raspberry
Cranberry
Valvin Muscat
RJS CRU Specialty:
-Apple Tatin White Port
-Cranapple Chardonnay
-Coffee Port
-Orange Chocolate Port x2
Catawba
Riesling
Diamond
Country Apple
Chambourcen
Traminette
Chardonnay
Niagara
Seyval
Marquis
Steuben
Fredonia
Crab Apple
California Cabernet Merlot
California Chardonnay/Crabapple
California Chardonnay/Peach/Apricot
California Gewurztraminer
California Johannisberg Riesling
California Liebfraumilch
California Lambrusco
California White Zinfandel

5 Gal Maple Syrup

Made and Bottled
From Juice:
- Chilean Carmenere
- Chilean Malbec
- Chilean Red Zinfandel
- Chilean Muscato
- Chilean Pinot grigio
- Fredonia
- Gewürztraminer
- Riesling
- Red Plum
- Labrusca
- Late Harvest Vignoles w/ chocolate
- Late Harvest Vignoles
- cherry/chocolate
- cherry chocolate/almonds
- Catawba
- Vignoles
- Tall Ships (Niagara 80% & Cayuga 20%)
- Cayuga with 20% Niagara blend
- Meghans Vista (Concord 2/3 & Dimond 1/3)
- Steuben
- Diamond
- Traminette
- Sweet Harvest Blend (Niagara/Concord 50/50)
- Isabella
- Vidal x3
- Raspberry Blush x2
- Rhubarb x2
- Rhubarb Strawberry
- Strawberry
- Blackberry Isabella X2
- Niagara x2
- Cranberry
- Mystic Sky (Niagara/Cranberry Blend) x2
- Vidal Ice Wine
- Vidal Ice Wine with chocolate blend

- Skittle Wine
- Skeeter Pee
- Skeeter Pee with Raspberry/Apple concentrate
- Apple/Jalapeno Wine
- Country Apple from Cider

RJS Cru Select
- German Riesling Traminer
- Italian Chianti Riserva
Orchard Breezin:
- CranApple Chardonnay
- Sangria w/Seville Orange
- Watermelon White Merlot
- Acai Raspberry Cabernet Sauvignon
- Calypso Bianco
- Pomegranate Wildberry Zinfandel
- Raspberry White Zinfandel
- Green Apple Gewurztraminer
- Cranberry Chianti
RJS Cru Specialty
- Orange Chocolate Port


Wine Expert:
Island Mist –

- Cranberry Melbec Kegged - on tap
- BlueBerry Pinot Noir
- Blackberry Cabernet X2
- Peach Apricot Chardonnay x 2
- Black Raspberry Merlot
- Wildberry Shiraz
- Green Apple Riesling
- Strawberry White Merlot
- Exotic Fruits White Zifandel
- Mango Citrus Symphony
- Kiwi Pear Sauvignon Blanc
- White Cranberry Pinot Gris x 2

Vintners Reserve-
- Merlot
- Liebfraumilch x 2
- Piesporter

Selection White Zinfandel
Selection Estate – Washington Columbia Valley Riesling x2
Selection Original – Piesporter
Selection Viognier
Selection Symphony
Selection Vieux Chateau Du Roi
Selection Original White Merlot x2
World Vineyard South African Chenin Blanc x2
World Vineyard – Washington Riesling
Limited Edition –
- New Zealand Gewürztraminer
- Australian Riesling
- Trio Blanca
- Pacific Quartet
- Pacifica White


Heron Bay:
Ultra Gewurztraminer
Ultra Cabernet Merlot

Do you make your wines from kits or wild fruits&grapes or fruit juice drinks.

 

[Brian]

I started this obsessinon in 2010

WE Kit Cab/Merlot Bottled 10/10
WE Kit Aust Shiraz Bottled 11/10
Apple Cider Wine Bottled 11/10
Skeeter Pea Bottled 12/10 long gone...hehehe
Bll Cherry/Concord bottled 2/11
Kiwi mixed with Strawberry and bottled 2/11
Skeeter Pea #2 Bottled 1/15 gone....
Orange bottled 6/11
Strawberry SP bottled 2/11
WE Kit Shiraz/Zin Bottled
Lodi old vine Zin Bottled 8/11
Blk Cherry/Concord bottled 6/11
eldeberry Bottled 11/11
White Merlot Bottled 11/11
1st Choc rasberry port Bulk Aging
Key Lime SP Bottled 11/11
Apple Cider Bottled
Peach Ice Wine Bottled
2nd choc ras port Bottled
Blackerry Port Bottled
Pacifica White Bottled
Itialian Amarone Clearing
S Africican Pino Clearing
Chilean Chardonnay
Aust Traminer Riesling

The last 4 I will be bottling tomorrow.


I love this hobby.. And you know so many of my friends are glad that I love this hobby... hehe

 

[joeswine]

And so the story goes

Yes I remember the time when I was just starting out, at first was just 6 gallons of fresh juice, then it went to 18, then it went to 24, then it went to fresH juice and kits, then went to fresh juice and grapes is a, combo, in between there was just grapes but that was way too much work for me, yes I know I went from 16 gallon carboy to somewhere over 20, and five sixes in threes so yes I can see how this can become an obsession but then that's the story will most of us on this forUM... Isn't it, from a hobby to a session in a heartbeat and continues............

 

[Kev]

Started Nov 2011

This is what I currently have underway.

No room for any more, until I bottle in a couple of months.

 

[joeswine]

volume

thats quite A cellar you have going on,NICE...........

 

[JOESILVA401]

wines

I'm a novice but invested tons into this wine making! I have a Lodi Zin going from concentrate, and I followed instructions in the kit to a "T". That was THE PROBLEM. I topped up the wine with water prior to sprinkling the yeast at the 6 gal mark and thus I made the Specific Gravity suffer. Needless to say, the final alcohol content (projected) will not be the near 14% I hope for. The only way it was suggested to correct this is to purchase another Lodi Zin kit and use wine not water to top up and combine the two down the road. Thoughts? I have Portuguese Duoro, Lodi Red Zin, Italian Brunello, Italian Valpolicella, Chilean Sav. Blanc, and French Viognier aging right now. Oh, and I got my auto siphon clogged with wood chips and could use any tips on how to de-clog! Thanks!!!

 

[Tom]

I would top it off with a similar wine not water. I would not buy another kit to fix this.