Home Winemaking – ‘E’ for Equipment! #AtoZChallenge
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Home Winemaking – ‘E’ for Equipment! #AtoZChallenge

Welcome to the World of Winemaking! If you missed the first three letters of the alphabet, you can catch up on the Alphabetical Winemaking A, B, C, and D – I’ll wait. For “E” in this challenge, we’re going to talk about Equipment – something I learned early on when I made my very first batch…

Home Winemaking – ‘C’ for Color, Clarity, Carboys and Cherry Wine! #AtoZChallenge
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Home Winemaking – ‘C’ for Color, Clarity, Carboys and Cherry Wine! #AtoZChallenge

Welcome to the World of Winemaking! If you missed them, we started off this fun A to Z Challenge with A and B, of course – you can read A here first if you want to, and B is over  here… I’ll wait. For “C” in this challenge, we’re going to talk about Color and Clarity,…

Home Winemaking – ‘B’ for Barrels, Bottles and Blackberry Wine! #AtoZChallenge
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Home Winemaking – ‘B’ for Barrels, Bottles and Blackberry Wine! #AtoZChallenge

Welcome to the World of Winemaking! We started off this fun A to Z Challenge with A, of course – you can read it first if you want to, I’ll wait. For “B” in this challenge, we’re going to talk about Barrels and Bottles, and I couldn’t not do “B” without giving you my Blackberry Cabernet Recipe…

Home Winemaking – ‘A’ for Aromas, Acidity and Appearance to kick off the A to Z Challenge!
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Home Winemaking – ‘A’ for Aromas, Acidity and Appearance to kick off the A to Z Challenge!

Welcome to the World of Winemaking! For those of you regulars, you already know that I’ve been making my own wine for a while now. For those who are new to me and my blog, if you’re interested in finding out why I started making my own wine, you can read all about it here….

A to Z Challenge: The Great Theme Reveal!
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A to Z Challenge: The Great Theme Reveal!

Well, hello there! Guess what I decided to do for the first time ever? Participate in the A-Z Blogging Challenge for April! I know, right?! It’s going to be a fun month, though – I’m looking forward to hopping around and meeting new people, and commiserating with bloggy friends I’ve known throughout the years of…

Wii Bowling and Champagne Making: RTT
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Wii Bowling and Champagne Making: RTT

Mother Nature is still up to her old tricks – with Sunday marking the first day of Spring, you’d think she’d get her act together and start sending us some warmer weather instead of continuing to freeze us out at night.  She’s threatening to bring a chance of snow showers by the end of the…

Last Day of Summer, Winemaking and Barf – Random Tuesday Thoughts
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Last Day of Summer, Winemaking and Barf – Random Tuesday Thoughts

Do you realize that today is officially the official last day of Summer?  Tomorrow is the first day of Fall.  Officially.  I love fall – yesterday’s weather was perfection with sunny skies and the temperatures only in the mid-to-upper 70’s.   Although with the temps dipping into the 50’s and lower each night, I really need…