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Munching Vidal Blanc on Keuka Lake, New York
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ROTA.FORTUNAE
Like fate’s turning wheel, my burgeoning Barbaresco cycles to and fro between the glass carboy and fermenting tank, uncertain of its future. For the last week, the Chitosan bonded with the Kieselsol pulling the proteins, dead yeasts and excess junk … Continue reading →
Posted in MYTHMAKING: CRAFTING MY FIRST WINE (February - March 2010)
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Tagged alcohol, antiquity, barbaresco, boethius, bootlegging, fate, fermentation, fortune, home wine, Italian, italy, nebbiolo, preserving wine, racking, rome, wine, winemaking
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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 →
Posted in MYTHMAKING: CRAFTING MY FIRST WINE (February - March 2010)
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Tagged alcohol, barbaresco, bootlegging, fermentation, grapes, Italian, must, sterilization, wine, winemaking, yeast
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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 →
Posted in MYTHMAKING: CRAFTING MY FIRST WINE (February - March 2010)
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Tagged alcohol, barbaresco, bootlegging, cellar, fermentation, grapes, kits, nebbiolo, oenology, viticulture, wine, winemaking
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