You know you're a winemaker when....

[Hillbilly Bill]

When you fart and blame the airlock.

Hork, I can't believe you said that... I always blame the dog... works for me.

 

[Horkalugi]

Hork, I can't believe you said that... I always blame the dog... works for me.

Sorry, too many threads on degassing got the better of me.......

 

[arcticsid]

Mid, don't get to excited, when I reached 1000th I was expecting a all paid trip to Wades cellar! Didn't happen.

Like Buddah said, "expect nothing and you will never be disappointed".

We'll see what happens when I get to the 2000th!

Anyway, you know you are a winemaker when.."your hard core beer drinking friends compliment you on your creation."

 

[Tom]

Troy,
You get ANOTHER reason to "lift" a glass of your "best"
Thats what I got LOL !
Oh yea I DID visit my wine cellar and counted 100+ full cases plus all on 5 wine racks (around 500) dont forget what I have below.. Think I have enough for a while?
YEA I can find MANY reasons to celebrate.

 

[arcticsid]

Yeah Yeah Yeah!!!!! maybe for my 2000th I will get a trip to YOUR cellar, that is IF you have enough! LOL

 

[arcticsid]

....when you start buying sugar in the 50# bags because you realized fruit isn't the only thing you can ferment!

 

[Horkalugi]

When you have purple snowbanks outside the door closest to your winemaking op. (deer snowcones!!)

 

[arcticsid]

I was peeing purple before I ever started making wine. I was pretty shocked when I realized it wasn't the deers, but the orange Moose!!! Go figure!

Troy

 

[spleisher]

When you consider (I'm not admitting anything here) doing the following:

Riding around on a bicycle through your neighborhood at night with a flashlight....

.... with the kid trailer attached....

... with a plastic storage bin in the trailer....

... looking for wine bottles in recycling bins that have been put out for pickup the next day.

 

[arcticsid]

geez Spleish, thats pretty rough! If you do that without wearing the Spiderman outfit, you may not have so many people shooting at you!! ROTF. LOL

Troy

 

[spleisher]

I thought about asking some local restaurants to put some aside for me. Anyone ever try that? Of course there is always the option of buying them, but I refuse to do that.

 

[arcticsid]

Dont buy them!! Follow the thread I started about free bottles.

We can all get what we need. I like you refuse to pay for them!

 

[BobF]

I thought about asking some local restaurants to put some aside for me. Anyone ever try that? Of course there is always the option of buying them, but I refuse to do that.

Yes, I have the only local restaurant that serves wine saving the bottles for me. I also visit a winery about an hour from here that *sells* empties for $4 a case. They have a bistro that serves lunches, so they have quite a few available.

Just about any winery that does tastings should have empties available.

 

[spleisher]

So as not to hijack this thread, I'm gonna head over to the wine bottle collecting thread and post on the subject over there. I am trying local wineries too, but....

 

[Hillbilly Bill]

spleisher... do you ever find any wine bottles that have a swallow or two left in them?

 

[spleisher]

HA! There you go!

Nothing like dumpster diving for wine bottles.

Those days may be over soon though. I called a local wine store today that does tastings, and then had my wife run by and pick up some bottles. They gave her 3 cases, but they said that their other store, which has a wine bar, will have a lot more.

So, I called over there and they said they'll have a ton for her tomorrow!

Pathetic that this excites me so much.

 

[Hillbilly Bill]

HA! There you go!

Nothing like dumpster diving for wine bottles.

Those days may be over soon though. I called a local wine store today that does tastings, and then had my wife run by and pick up some bottles. They gave her 3 cases, but they said that their other store, which has a wine bar, will have a lot more.

So, I called over there and they said they'll have a ton for her tomorrow!

Pathetic that this excites me so much.

No... it is NOT pathetic... this is a big deal... hell, they're not even my bottles and I'm excited!

 

[spleisher]

No... it is NOT pathetic... this is a big deal... hell, they're not even my bottles and I'm excited!

It's actually kinda fun!

 

[dderemiah]

There is a wine shop/tasting bar down the street from me that I get more bottles than I can use. Life is good when you find a good source.