Tag Archives: fermentation

PROMETHEAN.DEFEAT

Posted on August 16, 2010 by waywardwine

The old apartment climbs in heat, dangerously higher than the fruit could handle. Another day and work-worn, I go to our borrowed and air-conditioned abode. There, even a few defrosted blueberries have started fuzzing white with mold. Still hopeful for … Continue reading →

BLUISH.BARTERING

Posted on August 5, 2010 by waywardwine

Five months after bottling my Barbarescanadianwelches “wine”, the itch has returned. Against all odds, the remaining 20 bottles have avoided ruin, re-fermentation, or apartment explosion. They even taste a bit better with the bottle shock faded. Yet, with poor acidity … Continue reading →

Posted in BLUEBERRY BOUND: CRAFTING MY SECOND WINE (AUGUST 2010) | Tagged Aeneas, Berry, blueberry, blueberry wine, Chandler, crush, Dido, fermentation, fruit, Grape, grapes, home wine, Nelson, Spartan, wine, wine tasting, winemaking | 1 Comment

ROTA.FORTUNAE

Posted on February 26, 2010 by waywardwine

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) | Tagged alcohol, antiquity, barbaresco, boethius, bootlegging, fate, fermentation, fortune, home wine, Italian, italy, nebbiolo, preserving wine, racking, rome, wine, winemaking | Leave a comment

TABULA.RASA

Posted on February 23, 2010 by waywardwine

Now the step of clearing the wine lay before me. Last week had let the remnant CO2 bubble away. Windows had been cracked and the sun blocked, freezing my wife, but keeping the wine from jumping into a bacterial outbreak … Continue reading →

Posted in MYTHMAKING: CRAFTING MY FIRST WINE (February - March 2010) | Tagged archimedes, barbaresco, chitosan, degassing, fermentation, fining, home wine, kieselsol, nebbiolo, preserving wine, racking, sulphites, wine, winemaking | 5 Comments

FERMENTATION PERSUASION

Posted on January 26, 2010 by waywardwine

Yeast added. Lid shut. Airlock, well, locked. I wait. Austen’s Anne Elliot knows how I feel: suffering quietly alone, waiting upon your sugars to become alcohol takes the patience of a truly goodwilled and kind nature. Yeasts, like most gentlemen, … Continue reading →