Homemade Wine

Sassy Homemade Wine – The Fun Finishing Touches

February 1, 2010

Over the years as I’ve expanded my experimentation and varieties of winemaking, I’ve also fine tuned the finishing process. For me. When I start new batches of wine, during the fermentation process – or sometimes I’ll wait until the bulk aging time frame – I’ll order bottles, corks, shrink caps and make sure I have [...]

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Sassy Homemade Wine – Bottling Wine Can Be Fun

January 25, 2010

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted about Winemaking – 12 weeks, to be exact. Winemaking requires a lot of patience, especially during the part in between the final fermentation and racking to bottling. Rather than bottle sooner and have the wine age in their individual bottles, I prefer to bulk-age the wine before bottling so [...]

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In the Beginning, I Made Wine Vinegar

November 9, 2009

It was a dark and stormy night…wait, no it wasn’t! I had always been curious about how wine was made. Sure, I made all the fun winery trips when I used to live out in Seattle, and a ‘vacation’ was a road trip to visit a bunch of wineries, enamored by the complicated process of [...]