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Munching Vidal Blanc on Keuka Lake, New York
Tag Archives: grapes
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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BLUISH.BARTERING
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
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MID.LIFE.CRISIS
Free. We journey south, purging our palates of Stoutridge with water, on route to Benmarl Winery. A sign guides us past suburbia and onto a gravel road. Knotted, older vines twist along a slope to the left. Unassuming barn buildings … Continue reading
Posted in Hudson Valley, WINERIES WANDERED
Tagged baco noir, benmarl winery, cabernet, cellar, grapes, gunked, home wine, Hudson valley wine, identity crisis, merlot, riesling, vines, vineyard, wine, wine tasting
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