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...
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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
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...
Wine 2025 – Update #01
19 January 2025 Yes, I’m already thinking about the wine we’ll make in October. Per usual, anything I say in this post may – or may not – resemble what is actually purchased in...
2024 Wines in Detail
updated 07/15/2025 I sort of changed my mind regarding the “In Detail” posts. This post details events of the 2024 winemaking season, but without intending to explain the details of any specific thing in...
When to Drink a Wine?
updated 08/27/2024 The headline for this post refers to how long a wine should be aged, not what time of day is appropriate. In August 2019 NorCal, a respected WineMakingTalk member, started a thread...
Wine 2024 – Update #02
12 July 2024 My friend Beth reported that the grapes in the Glade Springs VA vineyard have started veraison and she’s netting the vines. Veraison is the first stage of ripening for grapes, where...
Wine 2024 – Update #01
03 April 2024 We massively overproduced in 2023, so we are ramping down in 2024. We now have three 55 liter class barrels, and the focus is on keeping them full. “55 liter class”?...
Bottle Labels – 2024
Wines Bottled in 2024 Note: These labels are from wines bottled in 2024, not started in 2024. 2023 marked the first time in 30+ years that I made French-American hybrids. The first to go...
2023 Vidal in Detail
Last updated 06/10/2024 I thought my Metheglin In Detail post would be my last In Detail post for a while, as I didn’t believe I had anything new to say. The intent of these...