Recent content by Hazelemere

haha! Reminds me of Steve Martin being heckled in the audience when he said "I too can remember when I had my first beer"

this is a helpful post to winemakers. Well done!

retaste: Here are my comments: Appearance - clear yellow, slightly petillant Smell - good, slightly yeasty, complex Champagne Cyser nose, interesting honey champagne smell Tannin - good from the ground and pressed Russet apples (russets rock!) Acid - good Flavour - This would kill IMHO...

I'm tasting a blend of homegrown Regent Black Iris 2023 which is Regent grapes hand destemmed and uncrushed, wild black cherries, wild blackberries and dried elderberries from a bottle. Here are my comments on this wine: Appearance - clear, deep purple Smell - really interesting, wild...

My son in law and daughter just ordered fresh juice in pails from Bosa Grapes Burnaby BC (order cutoff May 9, pickup May 29). Chilean Viognier Australian Orange Muscat 1'll get a pail of each which he will ferment with D47 yeast on an apple juice starter. i.e. I'll get ~20 bottles of Viognier...

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Estate Muscat Dry Auslese 2023 This is 100% homegrown organic muscat from 20 parts Siegerrebe 10 parts Ortega and 10 parts Reichensteiner at SG 1.092 unchaptalized. Siegerrebe - Ortega were fermented with 71B. Reichensteiner was fermented with V-13. This is poured from a bottle in my cooler. A...

single guyot 7 feet between rows and 4 feet between plants

I'm going to spray grape vine buds with Trounce (organic insecticide) to stop leaf hoppers from chewing up the soft buds just before they burst and ahead of any rain. I just finished respraying with Trounce. The buds look fine and should all burst this week. They are starting to burst now. Then...

retaste based on the previous post from me about apple wines with/without Chenin Blanc while using the Chenin Blanc Cyser Pyment in prawn linguine: Here are my comments: Apple Edelzwicker 2021-2022 This is homegrown organic apple juice from ground and pressed apples (russet, king, cox) mixed...

new blend in a glass 50/50 this wine Chenin Blanc Cyser Pyment with Russet Ambrosia apple blend: Here are my comments: Colour - yellow Smell - really good nose from the honey, russets and ambrosia Tannin - good from the russet skins Acid - perfect for an apple wine Flavour- rich, fragrant...

I never use syrup not because there is anything wrong with syrup except it adds water and I never added water to my wines unless I have no other choice. I make a lot of wine and nearly always have other choices. I always use powdered corn sugar (dextrose). Rack your carboy into a small primary...

retaste: Chenin Blanc Cyser Pyment 2021-2022 This is Brehm frozen California Chenin Blanc juice mixed with homegrown organic apples ground, pressed and chaptalized with unpasteurized blueberry blossom honey i.e. no water. Here are my comments: Appearance - clear, pale gold Smell - good...