Author: Bryan

2025 Wines in Detail 0

2025 Wines in Detail

updated 10/15/2025 As with last year, this will be an on-going blog of the wines started in 2025. Currently I’m on an annual cycle, starting grape wines in the fall. This is not any...

2025 Chardonnel 1

2025 Chardonnel

updated 09/14/2025 September 2025 Yesterday my son & I drove 4 hours to Glade Spring Vineyard, crushed 120 lbs Chardonnel, 210 lbs Baco Noir, 25 lbs Marechal Foch, and 25 lbs Leon Millot. This...

2025 Baco Noir 1

2025 Baco Noir

updated 09/14/2025 September 2025 Yesterday my son & I drove 4 hours to Glade Spring Vineyard, crushed 120 lbs Chardonnel, 210 lbs Baco Noir, 25 lbs Marechal Foch, and 25 lbs Leon Millot. This...

Wine 2025 – Update #02 0

Wine 2025 – Update #02

18 July 2025 Shannon, Eric, & I have discussed various options, and things are still in flux, meaning we have ideas but nothing is firm. Side Note: I like re-reading these planning posts, as...

Bottle Labels – 2025 0

Bottle Labels – 2025

Wines Bottled in 2025 Note: These labels are from wines bottled in 2025, not started in 2025. The Chardonnel label was a hit on the first version. I posted it for Shannon and Eric...

Homemade vs. Commercial Wine 0

Homemade vs. Commercial Wine

updated 06/16/2025 A while back an online acquaintance lamented that he could find dozens of lower priced wines that are better than his best. I made a (hopefully) polite reply, which boils down to...

Basic Kit Making Process 2

Basic Kit Making Process

NOTE: This post is in beta, and is being reviewed for accuracy and completeness. updated 02/22/2025 The internet is wonderful, because there is so much information freely available. Simultaneously, the internet is horrible because...

Making A Second Run Wine 0

Making A Second Run Wine

updated 02/22/2025 After pressing a wine, about 20% of the original grape weight is “pomace”, the solids which will include skin, seeds, pulp, and stems. This is typically discarded, and may be composted. The...

Potassium Metabisulfite in Winemaking 0

Potassium Metabisulfite in Winemaking

updated 02/17/2025 Periodically newcomers to WineMakingTalk who state they: Want to make wine “naturally” Don’t want to use “chemicals” Don’t want to use “sulfite” There’s a lot of folks proselytizing ideas regarding back to...

Degassing Wine 0

Degassing Wine

updated 10/10/2024 Is degassing necessary, and if so, how does one do it? To Degas, or not Degas, that is the Question! This is a highly important question — is it necessary to degas...