Archive for July, 2007

I have been so busy with a variety of activities and priorities that I have not spent much time on my winemaking and of course zero time on this blog in awhile.

Just when things seem to quieten down where I might be able to start a new batch, something comes up – and it even got to the point where I hardly had time to even check the water level in the air locks of some of the pre-bottled wines. This past weekend, when I finally decided I had better do something than risk losing some nice wines, it was with a bit of dread that I removed airlocks and had a “wee sniff” after noting low water level.

But thus far, everything seems ok!

I have quite a few wines that I would like to bottle and clean up the wine making area that I have so I can prepare. Prepare because it is summer and I’d prefer to be making wine now from that which is fresh and local rather than simply start another wine kit or wait for autumn for the grapes to be pressed. Berries and fruits and even vegetables are something I promised I myself I would do much more experimenting with this year.

There is still time!

Speaking of vegetables, I did bottle my Parsnip Wine yesterday. I didn’t really taste it but did have some on my tongue – it was not at all unpleasant, but I could imagine that if I tried serving it to someone who was expecting a grape wine, they might certainly be wondering about my wine making. I also think it will be better, chilled.

So I’ve got some racking to do, some bottling – a mead that has been bulk ageing now for two years should be bottled as well as some Mels. Then I’ll give the area a really good clean up and do a bit of reorganization and start planning on some summer crop wines.