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Lucky,Lucky!!!! My poor wife just scaped 5 cases from a local winery.

The world today is always in such a hurry up mode, and now Wine? Part of the experince of wine making is to wait and see what time can do and the tasting along the way.(anyway, for my wife and I it is). I guesswe just like to do things more the old fashion way, relax and enjoy the whole thing...

Got home from work about 5 pm. The wife made a taco soup, really good stuff. Then topped it off with some Watermelon merlot and some Orange Muscat during the game. Wish Curt and my old team( from St.Louis) could have pulled it off, but they just did'nt have enough. Too many penalties!! Oh well...

Burrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!

Pretty cool but hard on the arms for the long ride. I like to lay back and relax so I decided on a 05 Harley Duece. Gettin too old for speed and all that stuff. But anyone who rides is OK in my book. It'l be warm enough here in the midwest for a ride soon, I hope? Going to take some road trips...

I also did the Blackberry this summer. We, the wife and I, picked for about three weeks, freezing as we went along. We had somewhere around 35 to 40 lbsof berries.( A very good year for berries here just east of St. Louis)I took about 30 lbs and rendered down the juice in a big stock pot on the...

Well it's been a while since I thought to do this and I too made a small one gallon batch. The color was very nice, sortofa rose' with a hint of amber. Now the taste, that was quite differant!!! If you did'nt know what it was to start with most could not tell me what it was. I had used the juice...

The tomatoes are really coming in now. Will let you all know when I get it going and what I think.

Waldo, very generious but I couldn't. That's way too much trouble for you and the cost of the shipping, I'll just do it the old fashion way. (Make the wife do it) lol

So far I've used the paint razor on the dry bottles. Comes right off. Then use some finger nail polish remover( the wife's ) to get the glue residue off and then wash in the sink withdish soap.

I think that we'll try the double oaking. Sounds really interesting with the vanilla possabilities. Thanks again Waldo, Smurfe, and Rule G. And Joe, I respect your comments also. Still have some time to think about it, not done picking yet. The way it looks, I'll have enough berries to maybe do...

Thanks Bert, the wife and I are just kicking around some ideas and thought we'd ask. Again, thanks.

Any one out there ever added oak to a Blackberry. If so, how much and what kind for a 6 gallon batch. Good or Bad idea?

Well I've sampled some and it is a little boozy but I think with some time it will be pretty good. Seem that it still has all the flavor. We'll be bottling just after Memorial Day and I'll taste again. I'll let ya know how it is then.

Hey Smoky, that sounds really interesting. Might have to give the herbs a try. Have a whole bunch of differant one's coming up.

Thanks Cornfield, I'll give it a try. I'm intrigued as is Moto-girl about the taste. What it could be compared toetc.

thanks again Appleman!!!!

Well, I don't have any idea's on the grape growing, but I like to see projects and what other people do with their backyards. Real nice Mudman!!!!

I wish it was that easy. My wife and I have had the same questions and my opinion and hers are very differant when it comes to taste. It would shure be nice to have the touchy, feely, factor but I don't think that is going to happen. Guess I'll just have to keep on drinking till I've tried them...

Just started an Island Mist Green Apple Riesling and wanted a little more kick, Soooo, I added about 4# sugar hoping to get the alcohol level up to 11 to 12 percent. Did I do this right? Did I need anymore yeast other than what came with the kit? Too much, Too little?