Category: Current Wines

Record of a wine that is currently in progress.

2024 Vidal 1

2024 Vidal

October 2024 Today I met the owners of Glade Spring Vineyard to get the Vidal, which is already crushed. This is the last wine of the year. Ingredients Fruit 130 lbs Vidal Maceration Enzyme...

2024 Pinot Noir 1

2024 Pinot Noir

October 2024 We decided to continue the idea of adding juice buckets to the pomace of other grapes. This year the grapes are Chambourcin and Chelois, French-American hybrids. The juice buckets are Pinot Noir....

2024 Chelois 1

2024 Chelois

October 2024 Yesterday my son & I drove 4 hours to Glade Spring Vineyard, crushed 125 lbs Chardonnel, 300 lbs Chambourcin, and 300 lbs Chelois. This one takes some figuring, as it’s definitely fermenting,...

2024 Chambourcin 1

2024 Chambourcin

October 2024 Yesterday my son & I drove 4 hours to Glade Spring Vineyard, crushed 125 lbs Chardonnel, 300 lbs Chambourcin, and 300 lbs Chelois. Ingredients Fruit 300 lbs Chambourcin, divided into 2 batches...

2024 Chardonnel 1

2024 Chardonnel

October 2024 Yesterday my son & I drove 4 hours to Glade Spring Vineyard. Working with the vineyard owners, we crushed 125 lbs Chardonnel, 300 lbs Chambourcin, and 300 lbs Chelois. Then crushed another...

2023 Sangiovese 0

2023 Sangiovese

October 2023 Fall 2022 I got the brilliant idea of adding the pomace from my grape wines to a couple of kits. So I purchased two Finer Wine Kits Tavola Merlot kits and reconstituted...

2023 Merlot 0

2023 Merlot

October 2023 This fall’s plan for the barrel wines is to make 3 batches: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Merlot. The CS and CF will be barrel aged, and next fall we’ll make 2...