WMT (Unofficial) Welch's Wine Competition

[chasemandingo]

How bout mine? Did it show up yet lol?

 

[ffemt128]

Who's was the Mango. I received Lori's and this one today..

 

[ffemt128]

How bout mine? Did it show up yet lol?

That must be yours.....

 

[chasemandingo]

That was mine! glad it arrived safe and sound. Drink slightly chilled and with an open mind lol......It is merely Welch's after all.

 

[Boatboy24]

Who's was the Mango. I received Lori's and this one today..

Haven't seen a mango yet.

 

[chasemandingo]

Just checked ups tracking number.....will be there tomorrow

 

[LoneStarLori]

Well, itis with great regret that after drinking a bottle of my entry I must withdraw. While my entry might be good in 6 months it is far too green to subject anyone other than myself to it. Ihad hoped it would have aged enough to meet my satisfaction but alas it has not. So I officially bow out with great regret and sorrow.

No fair! you get back in this race and get those 'marinade' bottles in the mail.
I tasted mine AFTER I sent it out and immediately regretted it. I would have rather not known how bad it was. Green? Yes, almost dayglo green. But, this is a fun contest and as long as no one gets sick, it's all good.

 

[ffemt128]

No fair! you get back in this race and get those 'marinade' bottles in the mail.
I tasted mine AFTER I sent it out and immediately regretted it. I would have rather not known how bad it was. Green? Yes, almost dayglo green. But, this is a fun contest and as long as no one gets sick, it's all good.

Hey, I'm not worried about getting sick. We drank Julie's mystery wine that was left at her son's house. Well, I wouldn't say drank, we tasted it...

 

[dralarms]

Ok, ok. I'm not going to be able to send mine out before the end of the week, I'm working out of town right now and leaving early and getting back late. If everyone is doing the tasting on memorial day then I will send it out then. But I don't want to hold up the contest, (of course that might be a good thing) lol

 

[JohnT]

If age is an issue with many of you, then why not postpone the judging for a number of months??

 

[ffemt128]

Ok, ok. I'm not going to be able to send mine out before the end of the week, I'm working out of town right now and leaving early and getting back late. If everyone is doing the tasting on memorial day then I will send it out then. But I don't want to hold up the contest, (of course that might be a good thing) lol

It won't be any sooner than Memorial Day. Send it out...

 

[Kraffty]

I've straggled behind a bit in finishing up my bottles but I finished them last night and will ship them out today. My experimental decoration didn't go as expected but it did give the overall effect I was trying to achieve, at least that's my story and I'm sticking with it. First I rubber stamped the fronts of the bottles with a custom stamp on a jig I rigged up using watered down latex paint. After that we added the white shrinks and the tied the tag around each bottles neck. The backside of the tags have all the "blah blah blah" stuff about the wine printed on them. This wine has been another fun project and regardless of judging I look at this as another grain of knowledge in this great hobby.

What messed up my schedule was a really cool find. A nursery in Temecula (80 miles south of here) advertised 5 gal., 3 year old grapes for 11.00 each. We drove down and picked up 8 plants, 3 each Cabernet and Sirah and 1 each Chardonney and Pinot Noir. I figure they are all acclimated to my area and all have tiny clusters showing so I may even have some grapes to play with this year. They don't show any shock after being in the ground for a few days so I can now say I have a Mini Vineyard to go with my Mini Winery. Worst case is I'll have my own great grape packs to add to juice buckets.

Best of luck everyone brave enough to enter their wines.

 

[ffemt128]

I've straggled behind a bit in finishing up my bottles but I finished them last night and will ship them out today. My experimental decoration didn't go as expected but it did give the overall effect I was trying to achieve, at least that's my story and I'm sticking with it. First I rubber stamped the fronts of the bottles with a custom stamp on a jig I rigged up using watered down latex paint. After that we added the white shrinks and the tied the tag around each bottles neck. The backside of the tags have all the "blah blah blah" stuff about the wine printed on them. This wine has been another fun project and regardless of judging I look at this as another grain of knowledge in this great hobby.

What messed up my schedule was a really cool find. A nursery in Temecula (80 miles south of here) advertised 5 gal., 3 year old grapes for 11.00 each. We drove down and picked up 8 plants, 3 each Cabernet and Sirah and 1 each Chardonney and Pinot Noir. I figure they are all acclimated to my area and all have tiny clusters showing so I may even have some grapes to play with this year. They don't show any shock after being in the ground for a few days so I can now say I have a Mini Vineyard to go with my Mini Winery. Worst case is I'll have my own great grape packs to add to juice buckets.

Best of luck everyone brave enough to enter their wines.

Cool looking idea...

 

[reefman]

WOW, HOW DID i MISS THIS CONTEST?

 

[Rodnboro]

I've straggled behind a bit in finishing up my bottles but I finished them last night and will ship them out today. My experimental decoration didn't go as expected but it did give the overall effect I was trying to achieve, at least that's my story and I'm sticking with it. First I rubber stamped the fronts of the bottles with a custom stamp on a jig I rigged up using watered down latex paint. After that we added the white shrinks and the tied the tag around each bottles neck. The backside of the tags have all the "blah blah blah" stuff about the wine printed on them. This wine has been another fun project and regardless of judging I look at this as another grain of knowledge in this great hobby.

What messed up my schedule was a really cool find. A nursery in Temecula (80 miles south of here) advertised 5 gal., 3 year old grapes for 11.00 each. We drove down and picked up 8 plants, 3 each Cabernet and Sirah and 1 each Chardonney and Pinot Noir. I figure they are all acclimated to my area and all have tiny clusters showing so I may even have some grapes to play with this year. They don't show any shock after being in the ground for a few days so I can now say I have a Mini Vineyard to go with my Mini Winery. Worst case is I'll have my own great grape packs to add to juice buckets.

Best of luck everyone brave enough to enter their wines.

Great idea with the whitewash. I like it!


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[Boatboy24]

Three more shipments arrived today: Rodnboro, chasemandingo and Danger Dave.

 

[Jericurl]

Mine shipped out today. I'm pretty chuffed about the whole thing. Do we want to go ahead and post our labels?
I want to see everyone's stuff now!

 

[Kraffty]

I'd like to see other labels and bottle AND what the heck is CHUFFED? must be a Texas thang
Mike

 

[jojabri]

UPS says mine should be delivered tomorrow.

I did something a bit off the wall with my label too. Like Kraffty, it didn't turn out exactly like I wanted, but I figured I'd experiment with the label as much as I did the bottle's contents.

 

[Jericurl]

Arrrrgh! Now I want to see everyone's labels!!

what the heck is CHUFFED?

Oh hell, I didn't even think as I typed that. I think it's actually a British term. I read too much and watch too much BBC.

Urban dictionary says....To be very pleased, proud or happy with yourself

I've always seen it used as a term for excited so that's how I meant it.