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Nevada Starts Up as a Wine Growing Region

February 13, 2009 – 6:22 am

As we travel across the country, we learn that many states have two significant times that a grape industry developed. The first time was pre-prohibition and in some states this goes back to the colonial period. The second time is post-prohibition often during the 1960’s and 1970’s. During those decades new pioneers planted vines in […]

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Cork Molding

February 12, 2009 – 8:46 am

My annual January project, which I worked on during February, was to turn a pantry into a wine cellar. We don’t need as much room for storage of canned goods and I do need to increase my space for wine.  So this conversion made perfect sense. I finished the walls and thought about the molding. […]

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What Do You Do with Corks?

February 11, 2009 – 8:42 am

I always keep corks from wine bottles. When I began I thought it would serve as a nice memory of the winery. However, through the years, those corks filled a container. Then filled a shoebox. These filled several shoeboxes. What do you do with your corks? Before throwing them out, I decided to make some […]

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Wine in Airtight Bags

February 7, 2009 – 1:15 pm

Last month I wrote an entry about Paradocx Vineyards’ Barn Red wine. The wine is sold in a plastic paint can. Inside the paint can there is an airtight bag that holds three liters of wine. The manufacturers of the airtight bag claim that it can keep the wine fresh for six weeks. Well we […]

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Romance at the Winery

February 6, 2009 – 5:41 pm
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An Unusual Valentine’s Gift

February 5, 2009 – 12:25 pm

During the past two years we met many winery owners that were husband and wife teams. Often it is a small operation and they take part in every aspect including the winemaking. I remember surprise when one owner told me she gets her husband winery equipment for presents. If the equipment is expensive then it […]

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Port Tim Tam Slam for Super Bowl Parties

January 30, 2009 – 12:54 pm

Interested in a fun Super Bowl activity for a pre-game or during the game party? Find some Tim Tams and a port wine. While visiting Cape May winery in Cape May, New Jersey we were treated to a Tim Tam slam with port. Tim Tam is a chocolate covered biscuit made by Arnott’s in Australia. […]

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Dry Blueberry Wine

January 28, 2009 – 1:32 pm

There are many who do not consider fermented fruit other than grapes to be a wine. While others consider any fermented fruit a wine. Some winemakers like to make wine from fruit because it only takes several weeks from fermentation to bottling. They can also make fruit wine at any time of the year giving […]

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So How Is the Mead?

January 22, 2009 – 12:03 pm

Yesterday I commented on racking the mead that finished fermentation. Of course we tasted it. Currently it has a yellow opaque color. The wonderful aroma is honey and floral. The taste is honey. The finish is dry, although there is a slight sweetness that may be perceived. The mead is 12 percent alcohol. There was […]

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Secondary Fermentation of Mead is Completed

January 21, 2009 – 1:32 pm

My mead has stopped its fermentation so I decided to rack it off the lees. I had to decide what size container to rack it into. The current three-gallon carboy had too much headspace. For aging, the mead should be filled into the neck of the container. Less oxygen will come in contact with the […]

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