What's in your glass tonight?

[Mel]

2006 White wine from the grapes, the start of vine of which is next door... its nice (but I've NO idea what the grapes are)

[deliaisace]

Wine no 1. Siphoned off the demijohn without bottling. Good stuff.

[spritzer]

Tonight I have tasted some...

Of my blackberry and elderberry....
Still a bit too young... But I do think it will be good

A glass of Cab Sav, that my friend gave me... I am not sure which make it was... will have to check with him.... but it is very nice...

And half a glass of the Heron Bay Micro Wine, Pinot Noir...
I wish there was more left overs, than half a glass

[NorthernWiner]

I'm having a Winexpert Yamhill County Pinot Noir I made in '06. Down to the last 3 bottles (although I have a case of '07 too)

[hoodlum]

tonight I am supping my first ever glass of homemade wine

It was a random sort of thrown together offering from a sort of guessed recipe before finding the board. It has cleared a treat on its own and is about 7 weeks old - It's clear and more of a rose than a red.

In the words of an unlikely wine taster - here are his notes. "Made from some weak looking grape juice yet it has turned out fruity with a hint of smug barsteward on the nose. There's a whiff of desperation and a distinct dollop of luck in there for it to have turned out this good."

I have no idea how strong or otherwise it might be - i'm guessing not very as I only used 8 oz of sugar. Nor did I own a hydrometer when I started it either

[Mel]

Vine Cuttings 1993

[Mel]

2006 White wine from the grapes, the start of vine of which is next door... its nice (but I've NO idea what the grapes are)

Black Hamburg I reckon

[Duffbeer]

Had a few glasses of 08 sparkling pear, very good indeed.
Am now drinking a cheap Cantina Montipulciano 7 day kit, surprisingly this stuff is outstanding for such a young wine, to be honest I'm a little gobsmacked, it is a mere 4 weeks old and in my opinion rates very highly with wines such as Blossom hill, Jacobs Creek etc. Very smooth tannin, good fruity bouquet & flavour. For £28 for 30 bottles it's a winner and get's my thumbs up.

[Tuco]

Westons Cider Scrumpy, could only find the small bottles, 2 litre, so I picked up 2 of them, I was thinking about using the empties for fermenting or storing wine in but none of the bungs I have fit, any kind people know what size bung fits these bottles?

[plonky]

[QUOTE=Pronay;50882]Westons Cider Scrumpy, could only find the small bottles, 2 litre, so I picked up 2 of them, I was thinking about using the empties for fermenting or storing wine in but none of the bungs I have fit, any kind people know what size bung fits these bottles?

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shave one to fit

[Tuco]

I tried that once before using a stanley knife and it just cut big clumps off

[Mamgiowl]

Yep - that's what I did and it works very well, always provided that you end up with a nice rounded end product of course.

[lockwood1956]

Im thinking tonight I may do some racking and bottling, and bottle prep for the forthcoming "National"


so there will be lots of "samples" to be had
I'm thinking the apple/elderflower/barolo blend (medium rose) will take my fancy

[kerosine]

likewise here too Bob - don't know about competition like

But I have around 35 gallons that needs bottling as i need the space!!

not looking forward to sanitising over 200 bottles - I reckon RSI will set in

[NorthernWiner]

Im thinking tonight I may do some racking and bottling

I was thinking of doing the same thing today. I have a comp coming up in April, and have 18 gals of Riesling and 5 gals Chardonnay ready to be bottled.