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Munching Vidal Blanc on Keuka Lake, New York
Author Archives: waywardwine
VIGNOLES.VENTURE
Fall flies fast. While I was coaxing kit juice and blueberries into pseudo-wines, 2010 saw a decent growing season in New York. The state generally has a cold, miserable climate. We grow unknown grapes tough enough to ripen under a … Continue reading
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BLUEBERRY.BOUND
A week ago I added Sparkolloid Powder to my blueberry wine must. This blend of crab-friendly clay and polysaccharides sunk the floating yeasts and blueberry bits by positively charging them. Now three inches of detritus and less than a gallon … Continue reading
Posted in BLUEBERRY BOUND: CRAFTING MY SECOND WINE (AUGUST 2010)
Tagged alcohol, blueberry, blueberry wine, bottle, bottling, chaptalization, drinking, fermentation, filtering, fining, grapes, haze, must, sediment, splits, wine, winemaking
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CRUSTACEOUS.KINDNESS
A day after cheating the fates and re-fermenting with sugar, I rack the must back into the first fermentation tank. After a sound sleep, I wake to check the Specific Gravity. Like my morning paper, another day of reading a … Continue reading
Posted in BLUEBERRY BOUND: CRAFTING MY SECOND WINE (AUGUST 2010)
Tagged blueberry, blueberry wine, carboy, CO2, crabs, degassing, fining, fossils, pompeii, racking, sparkolloid, wine, winemaking
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REROLLED.BOIL
Daybreak and I find fermentation following forward. With nighttime temperatures under fifty (in August?), the humidifier has kept the tank a happy seventy two. However, I need to ensure the yeasts ferment completely. Once the bubbling (and my coffee) are … Continue reading
SEVEN.SLEEPERS
Seven in the morning. I stumble out of bed. Tubs and tubes litter the living room and dining table. I glance at the airlock. No popping or gurgling. No heady scents of bread and fruit. Dead yeasts have sat at … Continue reading
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