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Munching Vidal Blanc on Keuka Lake, New York
Tag Archives: filtering
FILTERED.FINISH
A ten day vacation looms. The wine tank can’t come with me. It’s time to bottle it. That or turn our fridge into a cellar. Bottling my first and second wines required crafty recycling. This would be no different. Once … Continue reading
Posted in OENOLOGICAL ODYSSEY, VIGNOLES VENTURING
Tagged achilles, Beverages, bottle, filtering, Ohio, running out of time, Shopping, South Essex, Sparkling wine, wine, winemaking
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BLUEBERRY.BOUND
A week ago I added Sparkolloid Powder to my blueberry wine must. This blend of crab-friendly clay and polysaccharides sunk the floating yeasts and blueberry bits by positively charging them. Now three inches of detritus and less than a gallon … Continue reading
Posted in BLUEBERRY BOUND: CRAFTING MY SECOND WINE (AUGUST 2010)
Tagged alcohol, blueberry, blueberry wine, bottle, bottling, chaptalization, drinking, fermentation, filtering, fining, grapes, haze, must, sediment, splits, wine, winemaking
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