What's going on in your winery today..

[lockwood1956]

Big day today

tidied up a lot of crud
racked:
41 gallons 09 ciliegiolo
6 gallons 08 ciliegiolo
12 gallons 09 Rondo
8 gallons 07 Pear/damson (added 1./2 gal 09 Rondo for colour)

pleased to have made a start

tried cleaning out the big blue barrels.......hmmm

difficult, may not use these again for red wines, too tricky to clean.

but racked everything under vacuum using my enolmatic, so it degassed at the same time

tired, but more of the same tomorrow

[lockwood1956]

get a leccy in, yu know it makes sense

nah!

fixed now

[lockwood1956]

lychee has got some gum stuff in so it is thicker is that why it is foamy?

No

the amount of foam is dependant on fermentation conditions and type of yeast

[spritzer]

Having used the glass bead/marble method of making sure DJ is full after racking I find it's more trouble than it's worth.

Thats what I thought too...
Too much of a faff.
I can faff enough, without doing any thing like that.

Nowt going on here today
Work is getting in the way.
A few days off coming up soon though, so hopefully, I will have more to report very soon

[ms67]

gardening (whats a bank hol weekend for if you are staying home!)... but some bottling coming up. green tea & ginger, parsnip.

p.s. re gum: some additives may stabilise a foam, so it'll hang around for a lot longer. shouldn't be a problem, tho it may get a bit messy.

[Darren]

Just a bit of back sweetening tonight on a xmas pudding wine yummy

[ukric]

Just about to rack 4 gallons of greengage, was 5 gallon, but looking at the layer of sediment I've decided to split them, might even get 4 and half gallons out if I'm lucky.

After that, sweetening a gallon of rose and making necessary acid adjustments.

[goldseal]

Racked my Chocolate Raspberry Port yesterday. I had planned to do lots more over the weekend, but major computer problems put an end to that

[Rich]

Today..

Vac racked 10g of Merlot from GF09, and 5g of Cili. Along with 5g of Kenridge Cab sav/Petite Verdot and a WE South African Shiraz. Really need another glass carboy I think, they are all full So the first batch had to go in a bucket till the end!

14 Bottles of fizz capped for secondary ferment too, now in a container indoors to keep warm for a week.

[NorthernWiner]

Nothing going on today, but I have a lot of bottling to do this coming weekend. First time in a long time I've run out of recycled bottles and had to purchase new.

[papasplow]

NW, you need to hang out with your local restaurant guys, give em some insentive! like a few beers, you get all the botles you needI got a deal with a few guys and never run out of botles, keepin them filled is another storey!

[spritzer]

Racked 5 gal of Pinot grigio....
Back sweetened 3 gal of rhubarb and raspberry...

Still have to rack 5 gal of Pinot grigio...
And 5 gal of blackberry/elderberry...

Still have to bottle 3 gal of tropical, and 3 gal of classic wine number one.
Oh... and the sloe gin needs to be sorted .....
And the port needs to be tested too....

Busy, busy, busy...
I think my mojo has returned

[lockwood1956]

Nothing today.....

off to Donny Show!

[goldseal]

Well I SHOULD be bottling today, but after last night's extended session in the Local I don't really want to be around any alcohol at the moment

Complete lack of planning on my part.

[rjb222]

Well I SHOULD be bottling today, but after last night's extended session in the Local I don't really want to be around any alcohol at the moment

Complete lack of planning on my part.

I just bet you felt fine when you went to be Pete I am sure sleep is the culprit.