Tag Archives: vignoles

HAPPY.NEW.SAME.

Posted on January 4, 2012 by waywardwine

Wine follows its own calendar. You can’t rush it. All you can hope is to avoid panic. It has taken two months for it to settle, since I picked up vidal blanc grapes in October. I itch to bottle it. … Continue reading →

Posted in CABERNET CRISES: MY FOURTH WINE, OENOLOGICAL ODYSSEY | Tagged Christmas break, corks, detritus, Food, Grape, light snow, New year, October, Oregon, tank bottom, Vidal Blanc, vidal blanc grapes, vignoles, wine, yeast | Leave a comment

NOW.WHAT?

Posted on December 19, 2011 by waywardwine

A little wine-down-time, and I go to re-rack… Fine. Dandy. Now what? I try the wine left in the tank. It’s hopelessly mild. My wife tastes it. There’s alcohol, something citrus, pear, maybe mineral hiding around there. But she likens … Continue reading →

Posted in CABERNET CRISES: MY FOURTH WINE, OENOLOGICAL ODYSSEY | Tagged Canada, France, George Lucas, Germans, October, Star Wars, Vidal Blanc, vignoles, wine | 2 Comments

TIRED.TESTY.TROUBLE

Posted on November 7, 2011 by waywardwine

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 | 3 Comments

VIGNOLES.VS.VIGNOLES

Posted on September 7, 2011 by waywardwine

So I made this white wine last year. It turned out flawed, hazy, and unexpectedly fizzy. The last third of each bottle is a yeasty murk and somewhat undrinkable. Corks shot from bottles until I caged them. Luckily, I like … Continue reading →

Posted in Keuka Lake, New York, VIGNOLES VENTURING, White, WINERIES WANDERED | Tagged bottle, Finger Lake Wine, Food, Fulkerson Winery, home winemaking, Keuka Lake, vignoles, wine, Wine tasting descriptors, Yates Cellars | Leave a comment

VIGNOLES.REVISITED

Posted on May 30, 2011 by waywardwine

“Although hastily done, guiding my vignoles from the Finger Lakes to finish required the daily attentions of an obsessed parent…Now dad goes on vacation, trusting he has done enough and that his kid won’t wreck the carpet again.” So hopeful. … Continue reading →