Recent lab work at Vint Hill Craft Winery started me thinking about doing lab work at home. If adding tartaric acid to the wine at Vint Hill improved the aroma and taste, could it do the same for my wine at home? If adding aging tannins improve the tannins in the wine at Vint Hill […]
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After talking to hundreds of winemakers, one begins to form opinions of winemakers in general. One opinion is that they are unique and different. Winemaker, Kevin Robinson, at Brassfield Estate Winery in Clearlake Oaks, California stated that, “Winemakers are like snowflakes, no two are alike.” After meeting so many winemakers it is safe […] I’ve been putting off the racking of my wines at home. However since today was another cold day in Maryland, I thought I might as well taste the wines and rack them. The first was a gallon of Zinfandel from the Russian River Valley. Five weeks ago I placed a two-inch oak infusion […] While the Cabs are aging in barrels I am experimenting with a carboy of Lake County Cabernet Sauvignon at home. For an oak alternative, I decided to experiment with oak infusion spirals. I bought French heavy toasted and French light toasted spirals. One heavy toasted oak spiral was added to the carboy. I’ll […] While at Tin Lizzie this past weekend pressing grape must, it occurred to me that it may be possible to make jelly from the must. My query received a few raised eyebrows. There is the obvious concern that the juice after fermentation is wine and has alcohol as well as potential yeast cells […] It is now a fact that I’ve learned more of “what not to do,” than what to do after making my first two batches of wine from kits. When checking the bottles in my wine cellar I came across one of my dessert Riesling bottles that had mold growing on it. It didn’t […] In Fall of 2008 I made 2.5 gallons of mead. For months it was cloudy and research basically suggested to “leave it alone. It will eventually clear.” This summer it cleared so I decided to bottle the mead today. The mead is somewhat special to me. It was my first attempt to make […] The barrel of Cabernet Sauvignon I plan to craft in the fall will not be my first attempt at winemaking. At home I made a Cabernet Sauvignon from a Wine Expert wine kit, a dry mead from scratch, and a dessert Riesling from a Wine Expert wine kit. My first attempt at winemaking […] |
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