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Putting finishing touch's on my 170 bottle wine rack. I have 30 gallons of various wines that need to be bottled and nowhere to store them. I promised the wife, it's the last rack I'll build, (yeah like that's going to happen). LOL.
Almost forgot just zipped my suitcase going to Costa Rica tomorrow. Can't wait for some warm weather. Bakervinyard
 
Racked the Red Muscadine out of a month of cold stabilization, made a nice seafood dinner for my wife and myself, did a bentonite facial now enjoying a 2013 Carmen while watching gran torino. Also spent 25 minutes in the hot tub with my daughter and wife.
 
ffemt128 said:
Racked the Red Muscadine out of a month of cold stabilization, made a nice seafood dinner for my wife and myself, did a bentonite facial now enjoying a 2013 Carmen while watching gran torino. Also spent 25 minutes in the hot tub with my daughter and wife.
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All I heard was Red Muscadine all the rest went over my head. lol

Sounds like you've had a awesome day. Wine and family = Awesome.
 
Dad was going to come over and help me bottle 11 gallons of my 2014 Amador Zin. Mother nature may have different plans as we are getting a few inches of snow. We are only about five miles away, but will have to see what the forecast is. It's wine. It can always wait. ;)

Edit: Yep, its supposed to get icy this afternoon, so Dad's going to play it safe (smart move). Now I'm doing my taxes and will probably bottle by myself later, since he can't do it next weekend.
 
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Racked Carlos Muscadine and Noble Muscadine out of cold stabilization today. I still have 2 carboys of Noble and 11 gallons of Diamond to get out of cold stabilization. Maybe a project for tomorrow morning before class.
 
Bottling done - 56.5 bottles. Everything is cleaned up. I've got some bread going, got the driveway/sidewalk shoveled, myself cleaned up and now resting and enjoying some peace and quiet.

Was supposed to be off tomorrow to go snowboarding, but it looks like its going to rain. Maybe a date with the wife instead. She agreed to go see Deadpool for Valentines day and didn't like it (I thought it was awesome). Maybe lunch and a girlie movie instead of snowboarding.
 
Bottled a batch of Chardonel after work/dinner from last fall. 26 bottles (had bottled some when I went from a 6 to a 5 gallon carboy a while back). Nice yet different aroma (they say it makes a chardonnay like wine, well it's a white wine, but the aroma is different from any chardonnay I've ever encountered, but pleasant). Hopefully will be enjoying a few bottles later this Summer.

It's on the short list of potential varieties I'd like to plant in the back yard, we'll see if it passes the test once it has aged for a bit, I'm hopeful it will.
 
Today it was visiting with one of my oldest friends (since we were 5), tickle fights with the kids, pulled pork sammies for dinner, and crocheting while watching a movie with the hubby. Good day!

Tomorrow is pottery class, and then Wednesday is bottling day! Woot!
 
we did the Lucky in Love winefest show at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh yesterday. MUCH better than the first show. We went through a little over 4 cases of tasters to sell 17 cases of wine. Exceeded my expectations. My wife and son gained more experience and my son's 2 friends assisted and did great (its a wonder what an effort you can get for a t shirt and 3 bottles of wine, plsu the boys were able to meet some young ladies while serving wine).

This Saturday, we will be at IUP in Indiana PA. This should be a smaller show with my wife's sorority sister and her husband helping along with our daughter.

I'm going to have to backsweeten the Fredonia/Catawba blend and make some more of the Concord/Niagara blend. I must admit, I love selling wine....
 
Hokapsig said:
we did the Lucky in Love winefest show at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh yesterday. MUCH better than the first show. We went through a little over 4 cases of tasters to sell 17 cases of wine. Exceeded my expectations. My wife and son gained more experience and my son's 2 friends assisted and did great (its a wonder what an effort you can get for a t shirt and 3 bottles of wine, plsu the boys were able to meet some young ladies while serving wine).

This Saturday, we will be at IUP in Indiana PA. This should be a smaller show with my wife's sorority sister and her husband helping along with our daughter.

I'm going to have to backsweeten the Fredonia/Catawba blend and make some more of the Concord/Niagara blend. I must admit, I love selling wine....
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Do you have more info on the IUP event? If the weather holds up I could probably make that journey!
 
Well, I had scheduled today off to go snowboarding. It's pouring, so those plans got scrapped. Then, I figured I could take the kids to the bus stop, and catch an early movie and lunch with the wife (who only works M-W-F). The remaining snow and ice from yesterday led to schools being closed. Oh well. Maybe a kids movie and lunch with the family. Nope. Neighbor called. Her dad broke his wrist and elbow on the ice recently and had surgery yesterday. Was supposed to be outpatient, but they got a late start and admitted him. She needed to pick him up and get him home. So their 3 boys are here with our two for a few hours. The best laid plans...
 
Sorry to hear your plans got scrapped Jim.

I finished transferring my Noble Muscadine from cold stabilization and also transferred 12 gallons of Diamond from cold stabilization.
 
Snow (uh... I mean "ice" day for us here). I have a house full of unruly children who are currently being distracted by Disney Jr and their Kindles. Set the hoodlums up in the den and was able to transfer the peach ice over and start apple/reisling. One of the kids has been sitting watching the air lock bubble for the last 20 minutes and laughing. She also asked me when I stirred up the primaries if I was "Making pop" (I assume because it was fizzing). I guess it's been too long since I've had anything actively fermenting down here...
 
Daisy317 said:
Snow (uh... I mean "ice" day for us here). I have a house full of unruly children who are currently being distracted by Disney Jr and their Kindles. Set the hoodlums up in the den and was able to transfer the peach ice over and start apple/reisling. One of the kids has been sitting watching the air lock bubble for the last 20 minutes and laughing. She also asked me when I stirred up the primaries if I was "Making pop" (I assume because it was fizzing). I guess it's been too long since I've had anything actively fermenting down here...
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Aaa the innocence of children
 

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