Recent content by zehnmm

Similarly, we bottled 3 Master's last Spring: Barolo, Amarone, and Pinot Grigio. All 3 are awesome. The 2 reds are good to drink right now and will get better. Have 2 Meglioli's in carboys right now ready to be bottled. Our MM wine making plans might just boil down to 2: Barolo and Pinot...

We have had our MM Master's PG bottled for over 2 months now. Lately we have been bottling a couple of 375 ml bottles for interim taste tests. A few days ago we popped one open to taste. It is still green and not ready, but it is shaping up to be a very good wine. We enjoyed out test...

Hello Jim. Thanks very much for this tip! I will seriously take that into account. Regards, Steve

Hello everyone! We plan to purchase, in the very near future, a WE Washington Columbia Valley Cabernet Franc/Merlot. We are contemplating a bit of sur lies aging on this wine. After searching not only this forum but elsewhere on the internet,I still have a few questions that I did not...

Hello Jack. Yes, it was the Master's Edition with raisins. I appreciate that you shared your experience with other whites. Regards, Steve

We recently bottled a Master's Edition Pinot Grigio after a short period of bulk aging for about a month. Test tastes indicate this is already good and will be even better after time goes by. Heck, a test glass during bottling was better than any commercial PG we have ever had. This is our...

Hello Trashy. FYI, we bottled a MM Master's Gran Barolo about 4 weeks ago. Our sample tastes so far indicate it is really going to be good. Followed the instructions pretty much as they are written. Had no overflow worries either at primary or secondary fermentation. Probably...

As the one who put in the the original post, all I wanted to do was sing the praises of the MM Master's Barolo! LOL! This thread has also transmogrified into a discussion of the Chevy vs. Ford bulk aging vs. bottling issue. As for me, I tend to agree with trashy, in that I will do some bulk...

Hi Jim. Welcome and thanks for sharing. I lived in Austin for 54 years. I now live near Ruidoso, NM, but get back to Austin frequently. My wife and I became addicted in late January. It is entirely hopeless! LOL! Best regards, Steve

Appleman: Well stated. Best Regards.

I do not wish to start a range war, and I most certainly respect your advice, but my research as a newbie reveals that there are legitimate differences of opinion as to the benefits of bulk aging in a carboy versus bottling. I have spent quite a few hours researching this topic. FYI, I...

Great idea! Thanks for the tip!

We started primary fermentation on March 9, which is about 4 weeks ago. Have followed the instructions exactly. We are beyond stage 4 in the MM instructions whereafterthe wine cleared, on 3/30, we transferred to the 5 gal. carboy and 1 gal. jug. We are at stage 5, where they advise usto put in...

About a week ago weracked our MM Master's Barolo into a 5 gal. carboy and 1 gal.jug for a short bit of bulk aging. Plan to bottlein a week or so. In short, so far, the taste of this wine is stunning. In this last racking, we transferred what we thought was the most yucky liquid with...

As very recent newbies,my wife and Igot started by getting some advice from a friend and a place selling WE kits about 50 mi. from wherewe live. The advice was to buy 6.5 gal. carboys. That is what we did at first. Thenwe ran into the top-off issue and called WE and the lady that I talked with...