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Category Archives: MYTHMAKING: CRAFTING MY FIRST WINE (February – March 2010)
In the beginning there was Canadian Kit Wine and a former Classical Archaeologist-turned Wine Sales Associate.
FOMENTING FERMENTATION
After a week of work and wait, I prepared for the first fermentation. Step 1: clean like crazy. After a heavy wash of all the equipment, I mixed water and sulphite powder. After fearfully reading and rereading the packet, I … Continue reading →
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MYTHMAKING
Of wine and a maker I sing. Equipment and a bucket of Barbaresco arrived two weeks ago, brought in by my wife and her student slaves. I knew nothing of wine-making. Yet since my life swung into wine sales in … Continue reading →
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Tagged alcohol, barbaresco, bootlegging, cellar, fermentation, grapes, kits, nebbiolo, oenology, viticulture, wine, winemaking
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