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Munching Vidal Blanc on Keuka Lake, New York
Tag Archives: grapes
TIRED.TESTY.TROUBLE
I top off my fermentation tank to six gallons and save the extra gallon: with which to sweeten, make sparkling, or do whatever the heck else strikes my various fancies. Last year’s vignoles wine was fine. I learned gobs of … Continue reading
Posted in CABERNET CRISES: MY FOURTH WINE, OENOLOGICAL ODYSSEY
Tagged Arthur Conan Doyle, Canada, faries, fermentation, France, grapes, homemade wine, lalvin, must, Narbonne, PH, Sherlock Holmes, Vidal Blanc, vignoles, wine, yeast
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CORKING.ABOUT
Midnight nears. I have not packed for our trip. My wine rests in thirty bottles but they need closure, literally and figuratively. Because I saved bottles, this vignoles venture will not see me experimenting with screw-caps. Although, I really really … Continue reading
Posted in OENOLOGICAL ODYSSEY, VIGNOLES VENTURING
Tagged achilles, bottle, bottling, Chiron, eleveur, Finger Lakes, grapes, home winemaking, Recreation, Screw cap, vacation, vignoles, wine, Wine bottle
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HUMAN.SIPHON
Weeks of chilling and racking the wine into near clear perfection have passed. It seems like a lifetime since I blew it up and even longer since I traveled to the Finger Lakes to buy juice. The tank has traveled … Continue reading
POST.EXPLOSION
There is not a moment to lose. The yeasts are now on their last reproductive leg. The violent stabilization via a sorbate/metabisulphite cocktail should have worked. But I need to make sure the yeasts stay asleep for good. With the … Continue reading
Posted in OENOLOGICAL ODYSSEY, VIGNOLES VENTURING
Tagged fermentation, fining, grapes, sparkaloid, vignoles, wine, winemaking, yeast, yeasts
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