Home Winemaking – ‘S’ for Sweet and Sanitary #AtoZChallenge
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Home Winemaking – ‘S’ for Sweet and Sanitary #AtoZChallenge

Welcome to the World of Winemaking! I’m having fun alphabetizing the home winemaking process – you can find the links to the other letters at the end of this post. Today’s letter is “S”, so we’ll talk about Sweet and Sanitary. Sweet: This is kind of self-explanatory. I happen to love a sweet wine – not sickly sweet,…

Home Winemaking – ‘R’ for Racking, and Riddle me this…I mean Riddling! #AtoZChallenge
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Home Winemaking – ‘R’ for Racking, and Riddle me this…I mean Riddling! #AtoZChallenge

Welcome to the World of Winemaking! I’m having fun alphabetizing the home winemaking process – you can find the links to the other letters at the end of this post. Today’s letter is “R”, so we’ll talk about Racking and Riddling. What is racking? The process is quite straight forward. Wine from one carboy above another is…

Home Winemaking – ‘Q’ for Quality #AtoZChallenge
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Home Winemaking – ‘Q’ for Quality #AtoZChallenge

Welcome to the World of Winemaking! I’m having fun alphabetizing the home winemaking process – you can find the links to the other letters at the end of this post. Today’s letter is “Q”, so we’ll talk about Quality! Quality: there is not many wine word starting with Q, but quality is what all wines should…

Home Winemaking – “P” for Palate and Press (not Paparazzi)! #AtoZChallenge
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Home Winemaking – “P” for Palate and Press (not Paparazzi)! #AtoZChallenge

Welcome to the World of Winemaking! I’m having fun alphabetizing the home winemaking process – you can find the links to the other letters at the end of this post. Today’s letter is “P”, so we’ll talk about Palate and Press! You know your taste in clothes, shoes, food and cars, but do you know your…

Home Winemaking – ‘O’ for Oak and Oxidation #AtoZChallenge
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Home Winemaking – ‘O’ for Oak and Oxidation #AtoZChallenge

Welcome to the World of Winemaking! I’m having fun alphabetizing the home winemaking process – you can find the links to the other letters at the end of this post. Today’s letter is “O”, so we’ll talk about Oak and Oxidation – excitement abounds, I know! Oak – The most commonly used wood source for fermentation…

Home Winemaking – the Nose has it! #AtoZChallenge with “N”
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Home Winemaking – the Nose has it! #AtoZChallenge with “N”

Welcome to the World of Winemaking! I’m having fun alphabetizing the home winemaking process – here are the links going backwards for your convenience, in case you missed any: A for Aromas, Acidity and Appearance B for Barrels, Bottles and Blackberry Wine C for Color, Clarity, Carboys and Cherry Wine D for Decanting and Decanters…

Home Winemaking – ‘M’ for Merlot, Muscat and Must #AtoZChallenge
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Home Winemaking – ‘M’ for Merlot, Muscat and Must #AtoZChallenge

Welcome to the World of Winemaking! I’m having fun alphabetizing the home winemaking process – here are the links going backwards for your convenience, in case you missed any: A for Aromas, Acidity and Appearance B for Barrels, Bottles and Blackberry Wine C for Color, Clarity, Carboys and Cherry Wine D for Decanting and Decanters…