What's going on in your winery today..

[mark g]

started two gallons of basmati rice & sultana,wine.

[Delmonteman]

Exploding bottles of pyment covering the 'cellar' floor in glorious smelling 'wine'! I opened the other bottle which had also been fermenting in the bottle (oops!) and it was really really nice...

One of the simplest recipes I have ever made (with just honey, grape juice and yeast/ nutrient) and I was very impressed. Will get some more on soon....

[NorthernWiner]

Exploding bottles of pyment covering the 'cellar' floor in glorious smelling 'wine'! I opened the other bottle which had also been fermenting in the bottle (oops!) and it was really really nice...

One of the simplest recipes I have ever made (with just honey, grape juice and yeast/ nutrient) and I was very impressed. Will get some more on soon....

Might consider adding sorbate next time round. Better in your glass than on the floor.

[Delmonteman]

Might consider adding sorbate next time round. Better in your glass than on the floor.

indeed! Checked back on my notes and for some reason i just added sulphite assuming fermentation had finished... I won't make that mistake again soon!

[goldseal]

Over the past couple of days I have bottled 2 x 30 bottle kits, another 18 bottles of Grapefest Fruit Merlot, removed oak from most of the Grapefest wines and finally started a Winexpert Duoro Tinto kit (which I believe was a 2010 Ltd Edition).

[NorthernWiner]

More bottling this weekend. I have 15 gallons of 2010 Merlot/Cabernet Franc that will be coming out of the barrel.

[lockwood1956]

Nothing this weekend....it is No1 sons stag "do" in London town



god help me!

[Cellar_Rat]

How did you go at the show ?

[Holly]

I'll be racking my mandarin and fruit cocktail then starting nettle and goosegrass.

Bring on the warmer weather when I can make more than 2 demijohns at once

[lockwood1956]

How did you go at the show ?

2 X 1sts 2 X 2nds a 3rd and 4 X 4ths

and 5 towns took award for highest points in beer

happy puppy

[mcblades]

Well Done that man

[Cellar_Rat]

2 X 1sts 2 X 2nds a 3rd and 4 X 4ths

and 5 towns took award for highest points in beer

happy puppy

Well done indeed.

[NorthernWiner]

2 X 1sts 2 X 2nds a 3rd and 4 X 4ths

and 5 towns took award for highest points in beer

happy puppy

Excellent, Bob!

[mark g]

I have just started 2 gallons of cranberry&raspberry juice wine.
and a woodforde's 40 pint Real ALE kit,i have use a 500g pack of spray malt for more kick.

[owlwithoutfeathers]

Just got a Selection Ltd Edition Calif Petit Shiraz / Zin on the go, courtesy of Mr DuffBeer (thank you sir!); broke the bank on it, but worth a sniff me thinks!

Also got fizzing away yeast starters for 3 Bill Smith experiments from his Award Winning Wines Book. Going to make 1 gallon each of his Burgundy, Chianti, and Claret style reds using some elderberrys from last year and his interesting method of late fruit addition. I think there's some postings on this method in the forum, but if anyone is interested, im happy to start a thread?

Owl