Category Archives: OENOLOGICAL ODYSSEY

Follow my fall into wine making here. With no training, I craft horrible wines to better understand the process that confects grapes into alcohol.

NEW.RESIDENCE

Posted on December 11, 2010 by waywardwine

Once paid for, I seatbelt my vignoles to the back seat of the Buick and set for home. It is a three hour drive from the Finger Lakes. The air gap beneath the lid creates a lot of sloshing, which … Continue reading →

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FINGER.LAKE.FOUND

Posted on November 26, 2010 by waywardwine

I cannot sleep. Wine equipment awaits me in the car. Untold microbes cover everything, bent on ruining my future wine. Yesterday, I wine-tasted on Keuka Lake’s western shore. Today, on Halloween, I pick up my vignoles juice. I stumble through … Continue reading →

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GRAPE.GUNNING

Posted on November 14, 2010 by waywardwine

My weapon of choice is the vignoles grape. I have yet to make a white wine. I do not want a popular grape, like chardonnay, with all its vitis vinifera baggage. I want something the Finger Lakes can grow without … Continue reading →

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VIGNOLES.VENTURE

Posted on November 12, 2010 by waywardwine

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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