What's going on in your winery today..

[NorthernWiner]

Sorry to miss the VWC meeting today. Hope it was a good one.

We had a very long, but productive weekend in the winery...

Yesterday afternoon, crushed and processed 250 lbs Tempranillo, 180 lbs Barbera, and 70 lbs Petite Sirah.

Today, we picked the remaining 120 lbs left in my vineyard. The timing was fortuitous since they are predicting we will see frost as early as Tuesday.

That's the last of the grapes for 2009. 1650 lbs total for the year.

Next week I'm picking up 12 gallons of fresh apple juice at the orchard.

The weekend after next, the white juices will come in. Gewurztraminer, Sauvignon Blanc, and .... something else.... Chenin Blanc maybe. I also am making 15 gallons of Riesling for the in-laws. Maybe. I think I will have them pony up for their own carboys, though. They've used mine in the past, but I am running short.

[goldseal]

Added some more stuff to the Condessa kit

Mixed up a make-it-up-as-you-go-along Greengage Vodka thingy

Racked my Freecycle red-grape and Wine No.1 mix to a DJ

Lots of cleaning & sanitising

[hedgerow]

i have just finished sending 200 kg of apples through a converted garden shredder and pressing through my home made press. not only am i ker nackered i have 18 gallons of apple juice sat inside the lounge with meta sulf ontop and i now have 5 number 2 litre milk containers sat in the chest freezer getting very cold, now all i have to do tommorow night is start the lot fermenting, if i do ever sign on again its because on wendesday night/morning i die of fumes cough, cough, erk

and no i wont leave my wine behind its coming with me!!!!!

[Duffbeer]

and no i wont leave my wine behind its coming with me!!!!!

Top man

[Her Lushness]

Er!, was it Bob who was going on about sniffing sulphite?, or am I wrong!!.

yes, I'd imagine it was... he seems to quite like it on the sly - something to do with the feeling of his lungs collapsing I believe...

Why do you ask?

[Rich]

Early start for me today, Got some wine #1 into champagne bottles and capped. Racked the black cherry port. Got everything cleaned up too.

[billybuntus]

Started elderberry and blackberry yesterday with a third run off one packet on 71b-1122

The must theif has struck again!

[NorthernWiner]

The entire house smells ferment-y this morning.

Mostly that's good, though there is a bit of rotten eggs in my Petite SIrah.

[Her Lushness]

Both the Grapefest 5 gallons have stopped bubbling, so it's time to find them a safe spot in the garage until the next racking.

My 5 gallons secondary run is still bubbling intermittently so that's staying put for now, and i'm hoping to find time to rack the two Glaring Gooseberry Gallons today.

I've got loads of bottling to do, and room to store stuff for now as I had a clear out of dodgy stuff and did a stock take of what's sat around.

I have:

• 221 Bottles ready to drink
• 11 gallons ageing
• 48 Gallons in varying stages of completion

Which is a total of about 96 gallons!!!

[billybuntus]

Both the Grapefest 5 gallons have stopped bubbling, so it's time to find them a safe spot in the garage until the next racking.

My 5 gallons secondary run is still bubbling intermittently so that's staying put for now, and i'm hoping to find time to rack the two Glaring Gooseberry Gallons today.

I've got loads of bottling to do, and room to store stuff for now as I had a clear out of dodgy stuff and did a stock take of what's sat around.

I have:

• 221 Bottles ready to drink
• 11 gallons ageing
• 48 Gallons in varying stages of completion

Which is a total of about 96 gallons!!!

No good without pictures of all that wine

[wisp]

Both the Grapefest 5 gallons have stopped bubbling, so it's time to find them a safe spot in the garage until the next racking.

My 5 gallons secondary run is still bubbling intermittently so that's staying put for now, and i'm hoping to find time to rack the two Glaring Gooseberry Gallons today.

I've got loads of bottling to do, and room to store stuff for now as I had a clear out of dodgy stuff and did a stock take of what's sat around.

I have:

• 221 Bottles ready to drink
• 11 gallons ageing
• 48 Gallons in varying stages of completion

Which is a total of about 96 gallons!!!

So when are we having the party

[Her Lushness]

So when are we having the party

Anyone free Saturday?

[hedgerow]

just spent a couple of hours scrubing barrels for all the apple wine thats getting started tommorow night after work at the allotment 18 gallons of it, lovely, i know how you feel her lushness, i have spent ages bottling all my demijohns trying to make room for more, but what do i do with all the flippin bottles ? been looking at wine racks but way past my budget at the moment some lovely big ones on ebay tonight all four would be suited for me and my bottle collection

[Her Lushness]

just spent a couple of hours scrubing barrels for all the apple wine thats getting started tommorow night after work at the allotment 18 gallons of it, lovely, i know how you feel her lushness, i have spent ages bottling all my demijohns trying to make room for more, but what do i do with all the flippin bottles ? been looking at wine racks but way past my budget at the moment some lovely big ones on ebay tonight all four would be suited for me and my bottle collection

What's the link? I need more racks...

[wisp]

Anyone free Saturday?

7.30 for 8.00?