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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
A few weeks ago I posted the recipe and starting process of making Apple Wine from fresh apples. Today you get to seen the ‘next steps’ in that process, finally. This is when the fermenting started: This is the ‘must’ … Continue reading
Since Mother Nature sent us a major cold front this past week which made the dining room and kitchen lower than the optimal temperature for the primary fermentation of the Apple Wine, I’m going to let it sit and do … Continue reading
Making Apple Wine from fresh apples can be labor-intensive, but the end result has been more than rewarding. Since Mother Nature messed with the production of apples on our apple tree this year, and my 5-on-1 apple tree is too … Continue reading
Mother Nature pulled a fast one on us this year, the cooler-than-normal summer didn’t bode well for the apples or grapes. Well, add to that the aggressive nature in which we hacked pruned the apple tree last fall quite possibly … Continue reading
