Introducing...

[jswordy]

Introducing Bell Bottom Blues, the new blueberry-concord red from Sweetpea Farms...

Delightful nose, very approachable right out of the carboy. I can't wait for a few months of age on it.

Made with a nod to the master:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO2bExu2tGE[/ame]

 

[Runningwolf]

Jim, love the country label. Is that your barn on the label?

 

[grapeman]

Dan, look at the picture! There is the barn! I love it.

 

[Wade E]

Very nice label and the wine sounds delish.

 

[Runningwolf]

Dan, look at the picture! There is the barn! I love it.

Well I thought so to, but the one in the picture looks larger thats why I asked. Either way I love how he took the picture of the bottle with the background.

 

[DirtyDawg10]

Looks great!

 

[winemaker_3352]

Very nice!!!

 

[jswordy]

Thanks for the comments. We re-sided the BACK side of the barn in early winter because it was so mild here, and that is what is on the label.

I was pleased with the wine. It started as blueberry slurry to which I added a Welch's concord recipe, and then back-flavored with blueberry concentrate and sugar. I really raised the tannin up with liquid tannin at the end, too. By fall, it should be getting really good, and I got a 35-bottle yield out of my big carboys so hopefully some will survive until then. I have $1.65 a bottle in the contents.

Meanwhile, the source blueberry is still clearing, so that is a definite advantage of the concord-blueberry recipe. It makes me want to try an all blueberry concentrate recipe sometime. Fun to experiment.

 

[Duster]

Very Nice Jim. I too am thinking about a batch of blueberry as soon as they come into season here.

 

[Rocky]

I thought if was the other side of the barn in the background because of the hay loft door not being shown on the label.

 

[photony]

Great job...like the personal touch. I bet the wine is good, too!

 

[jswordy]

I have a series of Sweetpea Farms labels, all with sonmething depicted from the farm. I'll be posting more soon as I bottle more. The barn was originally built in 1933 of oak sawmilled from the place as it was cleared. The original portion of my house is also constructed of that oak. Oak studs, subfloor and rafters. Sturdy!