What's going on in your winery today..

[billybuntus]

All processed and ICV-D254 yeast starter pitched


crusher destemmer cleaned (that was the hardest bit)

thanks to Crusher and Karl for helping out.

I have 2X 350 litre bins and one X 210 litre bin full of tempranillo grenache...

Tired and off to bed....

Is this to make wine so you can go pro bob?
Sounds like a lot of wine!

[goldseal]

sorry pete jobs done and thanks for saving me the use of kitchen cause if i didnt juice the berries i would not have found the bombs. 5 ltr elderberry on its way.

You're a star

[ms67]

Racked 5 gallons of blackberry wine. 2 batches, all but identical apart from the yeast. All but identical in foaming, fermentation rate, FG, clarity, sediment (quantity and firmness). Some months from now I'll try drinking some and hopefully remember to report the result of the only thing that really matters in the end.

[ms67]

degassing and more degassing.

[goldseal]

Yesterday and today - Grapefest prep: digging out and sanitising fermenters, loading our poor overworked freezer up with ice-bombs, finding wines I'm not too ashamed of to take with me, getting yeast sachets out of the fridge ready for starters tomorrow, blah blah

[Rich]

Bit of grapefest prep mainly. Sanitising a couple of half dj's to knock up starters in tomorrow. Wondering what else need to take/get ready.

[mark g]

2010,september BLACKberry wine.

I have just put 4 gallons of blackberry wine on this month.
And racked and cleared one gallon of 2009 coffee wine
Hope to pick some more blackberrys and elderberrys,as well as some sloe berrys
over the next two weeks,if the keep off

[kampervan]

fermenters cleaned,yeast starters on the go. van packed ish

[goldseal]

5 x starters going, last-minute panicking, too much to do, not enough time

[koomber]

Made up:
25% Phosphoric Acid
5% Hydrogen Peroxide
0.0126N Sodium Hydroxide Soln.
SO2 Indicator.

[lockwood1956]

Made up:
25% Phosphoric Acid
5% Hydrogen Peroxide
0.0126N Sodium Hydroxide Soln.
SO2 Indicator.

You are a total star!

I need to get the flasks and bungs together now


Tonight, last minute tidy up of winemaking space for Grapefest tomorrow


whoop de doop

[ms67]

stabilising and topping up lots of blackberry wine.

[Cellar_Rat]

Looking hard at my monty wondering when to press?

[ms67]

started another 5 gallons of Blueberry & Cranberry quickie

[goldseal]

Yesterday:

Warmed tempranillo up & pitched yeast starter
Racked trebbiano must & pitched yeast starter
Hand-destemmed, crushed and pressed a box of merlot (for white merlot)
Racked merlot and montepulciano rosé musts & pitched starters
Destemmed and steamed about a grillion pounds of elderberries

Today:
Try to find some space in the freezer to freeze the steamed elderberry. Thinking about steaming a load of greengages to make room.