What R you doing today?

[Hunt]

Working the day away

 

[ffemt128]

Racked the Chilean Malbec, Carmenere, Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Grigio into glass and added 4 oz of oak to each of the reds.

 

[GreginND]

Getting things ready for our grape planting party on Saturday. Rows all marked. Cleaning up and getting ready to feed the crowd.


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[jojabri]

I have finally convinced my hubby to get into the game with me! Kinda.

He's agreed to make an attempt at beer brewing, So I'm browsing the interwebs for a kit he might enjoy.

At least there won't be a lot of equipment to buy since I already have most of it.

 

[sour_grapes]

Bottling Yakima Syrah.

I am ALSO planning to bottle Yakima Syrah!

I finally got around to bottling that Yakima Valley Syrah. It's just four months old, but it is very pleasing already. A hint of K.T., but not bad at all. Nice fruit flavors.

 

[Boatboy24]

My Chilean Cabernet/Merlot is at 1.002. I'll be pressing tonight!

 

[Enologo]

Been so busy, haven't been on at all till tonight. Off from work or I should say off from my job, doing plenty work at home. Started my "vacation" Saturday with a trip to the Audiologist to get my ears checked. Been having trouble with my balance (not wine related) and the ENT sent me for some tests. Turns out what I thought was a blockage may be due to some hearing loss, still waiting for the results. Afterward made myself the three bucket grape press I read about on the forum so I could press my Syrah grapes that have been fermenting since last week. Sunday cut the grass re-seeded the lawn did some grading of the back yard getting ready to install some pavers. Monday racked 6 gallons of coastal white and 25 gallons of Syrah and tried out my new ghetto press. It worked OK but I need to trim the pressing bucket to get deeper into the bucket with the holes so I can get a tighter squeeze. I ended up putting a sanitized baggie on my hand and completing the press manually. Tuesday, Wednesday digging, grading re-setting and setting pavers. I'm worn out. I need another glass of wine.

 

[ffemt128]

Been a busy day so far. Started the day with a trip to All American Container to pick up 70 cases of bottles. Came home and spent 180 on a service call cor our washing machine that quit working 2 days ago only to have it work flawlessly and everything check out while he was here. After that I vacuumed the hardwood and cleaned it along wit organizing the front entry hall. Once the inside was done, I cut the grass and cleaned off the front porch all including scrubbing that. What else for today. Hot sausage on the grill for dinner...

 

[Hokapsig]

Dammit..... If I had known there was going to be hot sausage on the grill for dinner, I would have stayed...

Special Thanks to D&O Cellars for picking up bottles for me. Got home and returned a growler with a Pinto Grigio to a co-worker that just had a baby. Ended up drinking some pee with him.

4 oclock can't come fast enough. Let's start the weekend....

 

[Elmer]

Racked wine in and out of my barrel.
Now sitting in a honda dealership for hour and a half to get my free oil change.

Good thing I took the day off.
Then I have to go dig up some hostas at aunts house.
Hit a bucket of golf balls.
Then bottling Pinot noir!

Then will clean 2 -6 gallon carboys to sell to some guy on craigslist for $40 (unfortunately they are just too big for my use)

Hopefully cracking a bottle of something to go with my wife medifast chili dinner


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[Boatboy24]

racked wine in and out of my barrel.

??????

 

[ffemt128]

Went shopping for the wine judging picnic tomorrow and bottled my Blueberry and Blackberry. My daughter is having 2 friends sleep over and my wife has to go to her sisters ti stay with her mother. Going to spend the evening getting stuff ready for tomorrow.

 

[sour_grapes]

Racked wine in and out of my barrel.

??????

I believe it was different wines.

 

[ibglowin]

One comes out to carboy and one goes into the barrel from a a carboy. Keep that barrel full and sulfited 24/7/365!

 

[Boatboy24]

One comes out to carboy and one goes into the barrel from a a carboy. Keep that barrel full and sulfited 24/7/365!

That's what I was hoping, but he said "in and out" not "out and in".

 

[jojabri]

What a day (again)! Feeling like poo, I managed to keep the 3 kids under some form of control, including an invasion of "tween" boys from the neighborhood who came to visit, cook dinner and entertain my parents, sister, and her newborn.

On a more relaxing note, I bottled 10 gal blackberry BD and racked and back-sweetened 5 gallons "Tea Pee" and 1 gal of Skeeter Pee.

I think I may go outside with a glass of DB (haven't decided which I wanna open) and watch what the news is touting as a "possible meteor storm."

Too bad I'm going solo, the hubby is DJing for one of our local high school's Project Graduation lock-ins til 4am.

 

[Elmer]

I drank an entire bottle of raspberry/blueberry wine last night while binge watching Fringe with SWMBO (great, great show!)

So today I am moving slow.
SWMBo is going to a local winery with her BFF.

I have to bottle 6 gallons of Pinot noir.
Loads and loads of Laundry, (I wash she folds).
I have to move compost.
Fill in box garden
Get ready to plant veggies
Plant hostas
Maybe open the pool
(All in the rain)


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[Gwand]

Tonight is my daughters rehearsal dinner for her wedding tomorrow. Very exciting. I am serving my WE Cabernet Savignon, Savignon Blanc and Pinot Gris. I am not telling anyone the wines are homemade. I will see how this blind tasting goes.

 

[Julie]

Tonight is my daughters rehearsal dinner for her wedding tomorrow. Very exciting. I am serving my WE Cabernet Savignon, Savignon Blanc and Pinot Gris. I am not telling anyone the wines are homemade. I will see how this blind tasting goes.

I made the wine for my son's wedding and will be supplying my for my daughter's wedding in August. At my son's wedding, I got all the little old ladies drunk, they loved my wine. They were either hanging onto a son's arm or their husband's arm and carrying a bottle out the door with them! I am sure it is going to be a big hit. Good luck and congrats on your daughter's wedding.

You should save one bottle of each to give to them on the 1st anniversary.

 

[Gracie]

I had a rare day off, so after shopping and errands I tasted a white I had backsweetened. It has gone back into fermentation, so I will try again in a week or so. Had drinks with my landlords who distill their own versions of everything under the sun. Tonight was a spiced bourbon with lots of cinnamon tones. Just discovered half a bottle of a decent red I forgot I'd bottled recently, so I'm spending a happy hour with it and the interwebz before bed. Cheers!