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

[joeswine]

Having fun are you ? How do you find tweaking you product?

 

[Ron0126]

Having fun �� are you ��? How do you find tweaking you product?

Hey Joe! YES! I'm have a lot of fun. Appreciate all your tweaks and ideas!

 

[Quicksilver]

In a past life (overseas where wine was nigh impossible to obtain) I made countless gallons of plain old grape juice wine from a local juice that was available in tetrapaks. My recipe never varied, so making wine was more of a chore than a hobby. But it served a demand, I guess.

Now, I'm learning to make country fruit wines, and to branch out into building my own recipes. Since March, I've made:

• apple wine
• blueberry wine
• 2 batches of Dragon's Blood
• 2 batches of Skeeter Pee
• 3 gallons of strawberry must went in the primary today
• This weekend I am starting 5 gallons of Pinot Noir and
• 5 gallons of Chardonnay
• 6 gallons of just a basic mead, or maybe a bochet will go into primary this weekend.

I also started a couple of gallons of oak leaf wine this spring, but it was so skunky and sweet that I tossed it.

I need more carboys.

 

[Smok1]

Today i am reracking and adding kmeta and putting away for another 3 months the following:
RJS trio red w/skins
WE LE16 Blanc de Noir
WE LE16 Cabernet Franc

I am finished second fermention and will rerack and age:
LE16 Grenache Cabernet
Rhubarb/Strawberry wine

In the primaries i have:
RJS france rose
Blueberry wine

Once these primaries go into secondaries in a few days, im not sure what to start, ive never done a mead or a skeeter pee so i might attempt those as my apples and apricots are not ready yet.

I as well need more carboys, found 5 for $50 today on kijiji, heading to pick them up now.

 

[PandemoniumWines]

I'm just happy I finally got my Skittles wine to begin fermentation. Pitched dry yeast, made a starter, added slurry.. yesterday i just whipped the snot out of it in a last ditch effort, and AT LAST the darn thing started going! I thought Skeeter Pee was going to be the harder one to start!

 

[sour_grapes]

Well, it is a modest start, but ya gotta start somewhere!

Bottled:
CC Sterling Merlot
WE Mezza Luna Red
CC Showcase Amarone
CC Showcase Lodi Old Vines Zinfandel
CC Showcase Red Mountain Cabernet
Dragon Blood
WE Selection International Argentine Malbec
CC Showcase Yakima Valley Syrah
CC Showcase Rosso Fortissimo
CC Showcase Yakima Valley Cabernet Shiraz
WE LE Oregon Pinot Noir
CC Showcase Walla Walla Cabernet Merlot
WE LE Washington Cab/Merlot
WE Selection Viognier
CC Showcase Argentinian Malbec
Amarone di Beppe tweakfest -- WE SI Amarone, and tweaked the hell out of it a la Joeswine!
CC Showcase Amarone
WE Selection International Australian Petit Verdot
WE Eclipse Napa Valley Stag's Leap Merlot
WE Eclipse Lodi Zinfandel
WE LE2014 Super Tuscan
WE Selection Original Luna Bianca
WE Eclipse Yakima Pinot Gris
Viognier Juice bucket
WE Eclipse Nebbiolo
CC Showcase Red Mountain Cabernet


Bulk aging:
N/A

Secondary:
N/A

Primary:
200 lbs of HHH Syrah grapes. Yay!

On Deck:
CC Showcase Rosso Fortissimo

 

[skyfire322]

About to start the RJS Sangiovese Merlot blend tomorrow. Once it's in the bulk aging phase, I just picked up an RJS Riesling Traminer blend for $40 that I'll be working on!

 

[Smok1]

$40, wow thats a great price. Tonight im bottling an green apple mist wine, reracking and sulphating:
Blanc de Noir
RJS trio red ( and adding whiskey soaked oak cubes)
Cabernet Franc

Thinking about reracking a blueberry, a strawberry/rhubarb, a Grenache and a Rose france, but depending on how far i get i might wait till next weekend to do that.

First time in a long time i have nothing in the primary and i have 7 empty glass carboys, so i might pick up the limited edition passport cabernet sauvignon rose today or i might stop by the local fruit stand and see what fruits peak my interest.

I read a thread yesterday where someone mentioned a strawberry wine using 5lbs of blueberrys to retain the nice red/pink color which really interests me, so im leaning towards picking up 25lbs of strawberries and 5lbs of blueberries today.

 

[rustbucket]

skyfire322,

I started the RJS Sangiovese Merlot kit last June. The bottle I opened last weekend blew me away at how representative it was of a good Chianti.

Good luck with the batch you're starting.

 

[wpt-me]

On the go:
Apple started March
Cran-pomegranate started Jan
Mead started June
On deck blueberry-pomegranate

 

[Cibb]

Kits:
LE16 Grenache Cab
WE WV Muscato
WE WV Chardonnay
WE WV Merlot
WE Selection California Cab
Showcase Icewine Style Riesling
Blackberry wine using vintners reserve concentrate.

 

[J-Hat]

Kegged:
American Pale Ale

Bottled:
MV Reserve Pinot Noir (Sept 2016)
WE Eclipse Washington Colombia Valley Riesling (Oct 2016)
WE Eclipse Lodi Old Vines Zinfandel (Nov 2016)

Carboy:
WE LE Italy Vermentino (Feb 2017)
WE LE California Blanc De Noir (April 2017)
WE LE Australia Granache Cabrenet (April 2017)
WE Eclipse Sonoma Valley Pinot Noir (July 2017)
Dragon Blood (Aug 2017)

Primary:
WE Selection California Chardonnay (Aug 2017)
WE Selection California Viognier (Aug 2017)

Future:
WE Eclipse Nocturnal (Aug 2017)
Local Wild Flower Honey Mead (Aug 2017)
WE Eclipse Stag's Leap Merlot (Sept 2017)
WE Eclipse Lodi Ranch Cab (Sept 2017)

 

[GreenEnvy22]

I've made a couple beers, using a kit as base and adding others. Ale's so far. I want to make a stout this year.

I made Muscat from our backyard grapes (2012, 2015, 2016).
Riesling in 2015.
Dornfelder made like a white in 2015 and 2016 (super sweet for a relative)
Dornfelder made like a red 2016.
Danger Dave's in 2017
Cherry Wine in 2017.

 

[lilvixen]

I'm new to the party but gaining speed:

Made and gone
- WE World Vineyard Trinty Red (May 2016)
- CC Sterling Sauvignon Blanc (Jun 2016)

In the wine racks
- CC Sterling Malbec (Aug 2016)
- RJS En Primeur Italian Super Tuscan (Jul 2016)
- WE Selection Luna Bianca (Dec 2016)
- WE Eclipse Lodi Ranch 11 Cabernet Sauvignon (Dec 2016)
- CC Showcase Chilean Carménère (Jan 2017)
- Peach Wine from my own little peach tree (Aug 2016)
- CC Sterling Pinot Grigio (May 2017)

Relaxing in a carboy
- CC Passport Kookaburra Red (May 2017)
- CC Showcase Lodi Old Vine Zinfandel (July 2017) (Extended Maceration)
- CC Showcase Walla Walla Cabernet Merlot (Sep 2017) (Extended Maceration)
- WE LE16 Milagro (Sep 2017)

On deck/Preordered
- CC Sterling Merlot
- RJS RQ18 Eminence - Spanish Tempranillo

 

[Brigitte]

Good morning.
New to wine making but learning. I troll a lot here lol. Hoping someday to have enough knowledge to help others.
I have made:

1) Island Mist peach/raspberry. Fall 2016. 2 bottles left. It was popular !

2) Blueberry 6 gallons from fruit started fall 2016 ready to bottle

3)Viognier kit bottled last night.

4) Chambourcin from grapes fall 16 - will
Bottle soon

5) triple berry from frozen fruit.. Aging

6) Apple from frozen concentrate. In secondary now

7) Frontenac from grapes in primary

8) Catawba from grapes in primary

Having a blast!!
Cheers

 

[Kittycat]

Made:
Mead
Pineapple mead

Going to make soon:
Hard cider
Wine kit

 

[Smok1]

Aging:
RJS trio red
LE16 Cab Franc
LE16 Grenache Cab
Apple
Apricot
Peach
Cherry
Blueberry
Strawberry rhubarb
RJS EP trio white
LE16 blanc de noir

Secondary ferm:
Pinot Noir
RJS EP Cab Sauv

In the primary:
CC Showcase Amarone

On Deck:
RJS EP Shiraz

 

[RobGlug]

Just finishing off a bubbly wine made from the flowers of an ornamental grape. It flowers prolifically in spring/early summer and it has one of the freshest, clean and pleasant perfumes of any flower I have sniffed, so I thought I would make some bubbly out of it. The wine is very promising - needs a little bit of finishing off, then bottle fermentation.

 

[pgentile]

Bottled:
Zinfandel (grapes)
Carmenere (grapes)
Cab/Merlot/Carignane(grapes)
Cab Sauv/Blackberry(cheap kit, blackberry concentrate)
Chardonnay (juice bucket)
Pineapple (fruit/white grape concentrate)
Old Vine Zin (kit)

Aging:
South African Cab Sauv (grapes)
Chilean Malbec (grapes)
Old Vine Zin (kit)
Sauv Blanc (juice bucket)
Cherry (fruit, sour cherry concentrate)
Blueberry/Malbec (fruit, malbec concentrate)

Post secondary waiting MLF completion:
Zin, Cab, Petite Sirah (grapes)
Sangiovese/Syrah (juice bucket)

Primary:
Valdepena/Black Malvasia (juice bucket)

 

[GreenEnvy22]

Since my July post I've also now done:
-Peach wine
-Coronation wine
-Another Muscat

In October I'll be doing a Merlot.