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Well the 100 lbs of frozen 2021 WA grenache has been sleeping in the barrel room in bulk since AF was completed in Dec. Malo finished in Jan and so two weeks ago I sampled the progress with my daughter. I knew it was going to be weak in the color department, even from the beginning. I had...

Well I came to the conclusion that it would not excite me to compete with all the Cabs out there on the market. There are so many excellently made Cabs in every conceivable price category that I could not get motivated about trying to fit in with the crowd. Just don't think I could justify all...

Well whoever said making wine is easy; "grapes just want to turn into wine" may have some inside info. I had chronicled my first attempt with 50 lbs of frozen malbec on this forum and I could not have tried harder to trip up these grapes on their way to winehood. But somehow they made it. From...

Ok So beginning to think about what to blend my small carboy of Malbec with when the time is right. Plenty of varietal options so thats not an issue. What I am wondering is when I choose my blending wine and ratio, how long should they sit and integrate before bottling? I assume I mix them...

So I have a carboy of malbec sitting in my barrel room ( ok, it's in the walk in shower of the downstairs bathroom). It is the most temp stable room I have. This batch was fermented from a frozen bucket of grapes in what I refer to as the " ready, fire, aim" process. Learning as I go. Sometimes...

Hi First single carboy ferment is now in MLF. Learned a ton by making mistakes. Goal is to make a nice Zin or field type blend every year and go from there. Been driving by old vines for years that are all but vanished. Light went on last time in my head and so I bought a book, and then a...