Home Winemaking – ‘U’ for Ullage #AtoZChallenge
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Home Winemaking – ‘U’ for Ullage #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 “U”, so we’ll talk about Ullage. Ullage is also known as headspace, the unfilled space in a wine bottle, barrel, or tank. Derived…

Home Winemaking – ‘F’ for Fermentation #AtoZChallenge
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Home Winemaking – ‘F’ for Fermentation #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…

Funny Lists, Winemaking Fun, Tricky Eyeballs and Serious Brain Trouble
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Funny Lists, Winemaking Fun, Tricky Eyeballs and Serious Brain Trouble

If any of you have kids, you know that escaping to the bathroom to take care of business can be tricky at best.  I saw this on Facebook over the weekend and it totally cracked me up, because it’s so true: I finally got around to starting my batch of Mead over the weekend.  I…