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sampling a bottle of our own Catawba. One bottle down, maybe opening another....
 
Tonight my red solo cup contains my homemade Cranberry Port. I made this from 4 16 oz. cans of whole berry cranberry sauce and 1.50 gallons of cranberry juice. Brown and white sugar to SG of 1.145. It stopped ferminting at 1.013. About 17% by my calculater. Flavored vodka to 22%. It is slightly dry, sweet but not too much so with a nice tart flavor. My first port!! I did good Ya'll.

Joe

I can't pass up singing 'Red Solo Cup, I fill you up, procede to party!'

Thou art braver than I, I still haven't tried a port. I'm to scurrrrred.
 
Fired up the Kettle Pizza Oven last night. Started with a '10 H3 Les Chevaux (Columbia Crest) with the Pizza and then popped a cork on my '11 El Disidente' made from fresh grapes from Lodi, CA. This is predominantly Merlot blend with a few other friends to round it out. 1 year in the bottle and almost three years old. Wow, just wow. I tell you no kit can ever come close to this stuff. It takes awhile but so worth the wait.
 
2010 Greg Norman Shiraz Cabernet. Quite a bit dry and much less fruity then I expected. A very nice wine, with nice tannins and good body.
 
After working on my H-braces in 95 degrees, a cool refreshing fizzy rosé was just the thing I was looking forward to. As you can see this one is past it's prime. It was brown and oxidized but still fizzy and drinkable. After that light brown fizzy wine I needed something with a little more meat!

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Hot here in NC today too, 95 degrees + humidity. Gotta love the south, right?
Some freshly done Blue Blood (blueberry dragon blood) in my red Solo Cup tonight. Very enjoyable this evening! Hoping you all have a great rest of the day.

Joe
 
Currently enjoying a 2013 Chilean Malbec. Ive manaved to only open a few of thse so far since I want it to age. Very nice if I do say so.
 
Eclipse Barolo. Yummy.

Currently enjoying a 2013 Chilean Malbec. Ive manaved to only open a few of thse so far since I want it to age. Very nice if I do say so.

Juice bucket? I need to get mine bottled.
 
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Renaissance Aussie Chardonnay. Barrel fermented and 11 months old. Really starting to come into its own.
 
Leftovers. From last night's bottle of 2013 CA Grand Red and today's bottling of the 2013 Chilean Malbec.
 
chocolate orange port,fortified with a little something, 2 year old,very ,very tasty!!
 
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