Spikedlemon
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I was a newbie into this last winter. I started with a simple boxwine kit off Amazon and a trip to the local HBS where they did all the work for my first few batches.
Now, a year into it, I understand all the comments about "let it sit", "give it a few months", and the like. Because, today, I have a completely full wine rack and multiple carboys with dates written on them just sitting there gathering time! With a full rack of wine to drink: I'm now in zero rush to bottle (except to free up carboys for new ideas).
I picked 'quick' wines for my first year, 4-6 week kind of wines, and I don't regret it at all. It allowed me to amass quite a stock of wines I can drink early while I make more wine and think about what I want. And, now, as I have such a backlog: I need to start shopping for wines that NEED the time as I simply can't get around to bottling & drinking them fast enough!
And a quick thanks to all out there for getting me through the first few batches and my inexperience.
Now, a year into it, I understand all the comments about "let it sit", "give it a few months", and the like. Because, today, I have a completely full wine rack and multiple carboys with dates written on them just sitting there gathering time! With a full rack of wine to drink: I'm now in zero rush to bottle (except to free up carboys for new ideas).
I picked 'quick' wines for my first year, 4-6 week kind of wines, and I don't regret it at all. It allowed me to amass quite a stock of wines I can drink early while I make more wine and think about what I want. And, now, as I have such a backlog: I need to start shopping for wines that NEED the time as I simply can't get around to bottling & drinking them fast enough!
And a quick thanks to all out there for getting me through the first few batches and my inexperience.