New Member From El Paso

[Car-Boy]

Hi Everyone, I have been making wine for two years and just stumbled onto this site. I wish I had stumbled sooner.. Y'all have some excellent information that is and would have been very helpful. I will keep reading, stumbling, and making more wine ...not necessarily in that order!

 

[K&GB]

Welcome to the forum Car-Boy. Hope you find it useful and share your experiences with us too.

 

[grapeman]

Welcome Car-Boy. Myself I read a bit, drink some wine while making it and begin stumbling if I sample too much. Tell us what you make more often - kits, fruit, grapes, etc.

 

[NorthernWinos]

Welcome....Hope you stay awhile....... and, enjoy the Holiday!!!!

 

[Scott]

Welcome Car-Boy,


I have stumbled a time or two also, there is much help when needed just ask.

 

[Wade E]

Once you have made as much wine as some of us you will be stumbling a little more often!

Welcome and hope you hang around with this big family!

 

[Waldo]

Welcome Car-Boy

 

[smurfe]

Welcome aboard. Glad to have you here

 

[rgecaprock]

Hi Car-boy,


Welcome to the Forum!!!

Ramona

 

[Car-Boy]

Thanks for all your warm welcome replies and good wishes! I have made about 20 kits so far, mostly Cellar Craft. I really like the crushed grape packs. Some of the wine kits I have made are Merlot, Cabernet, Pinot Noir, Melbec, Barbera, Amarone, South African Pinotage, Tempranillo, Riesling, White Zin, and Trio Blanca. Yesterday I bottled akit of Riesling, Cabernet, and Amarone.

 

[Wade E]

Those are some nice wines you have done, do you have a cellar for all these great wines and a camera?

We like pics here!
Edited by: wade

 

[Car-Boy]

Yes, I have a cellar in my basement. I will takw some pics and try to figure how to post them.

 

[Wade E]

Welcome and here is a tutorial with step by step instructions for loading pictures</span>.


http://www.finevinewines.com/Wiz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2514

 

[dfwwino]

Welcome Carboy! You have been very industrious in two years, making over 20 wine kits. Good to have a winemaker from El Paso.

 

[Car-Boy]

Thanks for the tutorial, I will try to post some pics this evening. I have been pretty busy making wine for the past two years. I make it in my basement(perfect envrionment)with my bro-in-law, so we split the wineand costs. We have 3 carboys and two primary fermenting buckets. The hard part is letting it age for very long.

 

[Car-Boy]

This is my small basement wine cellar.

 

[Wade E]

What is supporting the bottles on the left wooden rack?

 

[Rocky_Top]

Why did I not think of that??? Next time I need a wine rack I will just steal one from a store.

Welcome to the forum.

 

[Car-Boy]

The rack on the left is supported by two leggs that come out from the sides on the floor. You can barely see them if you look close. I got the racks from a friend of a friend who stocks chips and other goodies at convience stores in El Paso.

 

[Car-Boy]

The bottles are supported by wire racks in a broad V shape. You can see them on the racks that have a smaller ammount of bottles.