One word: MESSY Sanitizing and cleaning 30 bottles of wine…is definitely not a good time. So i procrastinated. And ended up bottling the wine three weeks after stablising and clearing (one week later than instructed)…I was just crossing my fingers. Especially since I lost the top that goes on the bung to keep all the …
Probably the least exciting part of making wine. This is where I lost part of my allure to making my own wine. After 10 days, I checked the wine and measured the gravity. To ensure it’s stability it had to read the same gravity level two days in a row. To pick up all the …
So after a week, we (minus Meghan because she’s too busy getting sunburned in New Zealand – plus my friend Sam, who was visiting from Texas) checked the wine to make sure it had reached the correct gravity. Opening the container was an interesting experience…it didn’t smell fantastic, but at least we knew the yeast …
Because this is my most adventurous creation..I finally had enough motivation to start writing this stuff down. Sorry for the lame intro – but welcome! I like wine. Correction: I LOVE WINE. And what better thing for a foodie like me to do but to make some wine of my own? Well…the real goal here …
