Conditioning a Wine Barrel
This morning I picked up a new barrel — well, new to me. A member of our local grape purchasing group needed to eliminate a barrel, so he gave away a 2 year old...
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Bottling Wine From The Carboy or Barrel
June 2023 On WineMakingTalk, occasionally there are questions regarding racking just before bottling. Following is my current methods for bottling from both carboys and barrels. Bottling from Carboys The title is not an accurate...
Barrel Aging Process
updated 09/12/2023 A question was recently posted on WineMakingTalk, asking about the process folks use for their barrels. I wrote a reply, which formed the basis for this post. Following is my general process:...