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Munching Vidal Blanc on Keuka Lake, New York
Tag Archives: fermentation
Laetitia Winery Review
If reading is not your thing, here is my roughshod video review of Laetitia Vineyard and Winery (nb: it is a Coquard press, not Jacquard press….that’s for linen…oy)
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-7T4R7YZJ0&w=560&h=315%5DFor those born to a world of paper books:
We leave Paso Robles for another wedding (my brother’s) and then return. But on our way back to Paso, we stop in Arroyo Grande Valley for some bubbles. Both Paso Robles AVA and Arroyo Grande AVA sit in San Louis Obispo County (not an AVA), which the Central Coast AVA engulfs. Confused? Here’s a map: Continue reading
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Tagged Champagne, chardonnay, fermentation, Food, Laetitia Winery, pinot noir, travel, wine
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Christmas Dinner with Penfolds 389 2012 South Australia
So this is Christmas, and my wife has baked a feast of field roast, potatoes, yams, carrots, mushrooms and cranberry sauce. We just happened to have a bottle of Penfolds 389: a nearly equal parts cabernet sauvignon and shiraz blend … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Cabernet Sauvignon, fermentation, grapes, Penfolds, Shiraz, wine
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END.GAME.
The end is nigh. Fermentation has slowed in my six gallons of vidal blanc juice. Less than a week has expired since I picked up the juice. Last night’s reading (below) was a call to arms (and racking siphon tubes). … Continue reading
WORK.WINE.WORK.
Work. Wine. Work. Wine. Work. Wine. The days blur my routine of tests and checks, morning and evening with my time at work. Selling and making the stuff eats my hours. But soon fermentation will stop. Soon all I will … Continue reading
Posted in CABERNET CRISES: MY FOURTH WINE, OENOLOGICAL ODYSSEY
Tagged alcohol, Beverages, Fahrenheit, fermentation, Finger Lakes, Food, home winemaking, homemade wine, Must weight, racking, Sugar, Vidal Blanc, wine, yeast
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BUBBLE.BUBBLE
I’m not worried. Some yeasts take days to wake up. My blueberry wine, although crap, took days before fermentation started. So I don’t expect the vidal blanc that I bought 24 hours ago to have begun. Still exhausted from my … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, brix, California, Fahrenheit, fermentation, Must weight, Temperature, Texas, vidal blank, wine, yeast
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