Tag Archives: Italian

MYTHMENDING.ENDING

Posted on March 9, 2010 by waywardwine

The final battle nears. Since late January, I have coerced grape juice into wine. Yet if I don’t begin bottling, it all risks ruin. Pumping oxygen out has carried my wine through weeks of racking. Now I must use the … Continue reading →

Posted in MYTHMAKING: CRAFTING MY FIRST WINE (February - March 2010) | Tagged achilles, barbaresco, bottle, bottling, cork, home wine, iliad, Italian, italy, patroclus, preserving wine, trojan horse, troy, wine | 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

FOMENTING FERMENTATION

Posted on January 25, 2010 by waywardwine

After a week of work and wait, I prepared for the first fermentation. Step 1: clean like crazy. After a heavy wash of all the equipment, I mixed water and sulphite powder. After fearfully reading and rereading the packet, I … Continue reading →