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 [...]
A few weeks ago I talked about how I was going to try to make a frugal version of R.J. Spangles White Chocolate Port wine. Today I am going to give an update on that wine. A couple of weeks ago, the wine had cleared nicely and I racked it off the sediment. I took [...]
Last Saturday we had wine class again at the Porter House Brew Shop. It was a good class with some new wine makers learning the basics. I always enjoy getting new people started in this hobby, and we will have some new wine makers now.
I made an Apple Wine for class that night and [...]
I’ve been trying to grow wine grapes for years. I am still climbing the learning curve and Mother Nature likes to make it interesting, so I only got a couple of pounds of grapes this year. We had a late frost in my area, and my vines got hit pretty hard. I harvested 3 lbs [...]
Last week I made a nice discovery in my wine cellar. I found a bottle of wine I did not know I had. I did not know I had it because it was labeled wrong. Here is the story.
Back in 2005 I made an Orange Wine. The recipe called for adding orange peels to the [...]
Last Saturday we started our wine making classes back up at Porter House Brew Shop. We made Elderberry wine. (Just follow the link for the recipe we used.) We had a good time learning about how to make home made wine.
One of the questions I had was how much air to leave in the top [...]
