Last week we took a trip to Erie to do some wine tasting. We stopped at 3 of the winery’s this time. They were South Shore Winery, Heritage Winery, and Mazza Winery. As a wine maker, I am always trying to learn more about the art of wine making. One way to do that is [...]
I received an email from Luva Bella Winery recently, they are now taking orders for Californian and Italian Wine Grape Juice. If you are looking for a source of Californian grape juice, check out their web site. They have a nice selection of varieties this year, so you should be able to find something you [...]
When you think wine grapes, most people think of California, France, or Erie here in Pennsylvania, but there is another region that produces fine wine grapes. That region is the South American Country of Chile.
This past spring, I ordered some wine grape juice from Chile. Luva Bella Winery buys wine grape juice from Chile each [...]
I recently made a batch of Peach Berry wine. I had some frozen peaches left over from a prior batch of wine. I bought some berries to add to it. Here is the recipe for a 5 gallon batch.
9 lbs of frozen peaches
2 lbs of blue berries
1.5 lbs of blackberries
1.5 lbs of strawberries
8lbs of [...]
I know it has be a while since I have last posted. I’ve been making lots of wine and experimenting with different recipes and I will be sharing that with you over the next few weeks. Some things that I have been doing include, oaking wine, flavoring wine, blending fruits among other things. I still [...]
Last spring, I started two patches of Dandelion wine. They are just now getting ready to bottle. I was sampling the first batch prior to bottling, when I discovered it was pretty weak. I top up my wine with water, and this wine was pretty light to begin with, so by bottling time I was [...]
We were racking wine this weekend. Some we bottled, some needed racked. One of the last ones we racked was Apple Wine. The carboy we racked from had a ring around the neck on the inside. This is normal, and of course, needs cleaned.
Now we could have just scrubbed the carboy with a brush. I’ve [...]
There are many ways to help a wine clear prior to bottling. One of the easiest is to just wait. Given enough time, just about every wine will clear. It may take 6 months to a year, but they usually clear on their own. However, if you want to speed up the process, there are [...]
