Mother Nature threw a wrench in my plans of awesomeness this weekend of picking apples and grapes to make wine out of them, as well as putting up my fall decorations. We’re in the ‘Hurry Up and Wait’ mode on the Wine Kits that have been started. Both Wine Kits won’t get racked until this…
Last week was the start to the Kit Wine, Spanish Tempranillo: Believe it or not, Step Two is even easier than Step One. The Primary Fermentation went off without a hitch, I checked the SG levels and since it was hovering around 1.010, it was time to ‘rack’ the wine from the bucket to a…
A couple of weeks ago I posted about Kit Wine…well, this week the moment you’ve been waiting for… Today we’re going to make the Spanish Tempranillo: The beauty of Kit Wine is that it’s easy, and most of them contain everything you need. Like the ‘bladder’ full of the premium crushed grape juice: The yeast,…
I know some of you were expecting this week’s post to see the wine kit ‘in action’, but last week was ‘one of those weeks’ and I didn’t get a chance to get that started. But since Hovering Hubby is home today for the holiday, he’s planning to keep the Princess Nagger occupied so I…
Everyone knows that good grapes make world-class wine. Hence the need to make sure the type of grapevines I’ve been planting in our Back 40 are superior quality. I’ve also found in recent years that the quality of the kit wines has improved greatly – enabling someone who makes their own wine to expand their…
Last week I wrote about why I make homemade wine. This week I’ll start the ‘how‘ portion of it. Ready? Got your notebooks handy? Actually, it might be easier just to bookmark or print this out – much easier on you. This part might be a little boring or confusing to some, but trust me,…
Some of you were intrigued by my Princess Nagger Wine & Gifts site – and the fact that I make my own wine. So I thought I’d start a series of posts since it’s getting to be the time of year that I’ll be pulling apples off the tree to make my specialty Apple Wine that…
