http://homewinery.info/blog The adventures and misadventures of a home winemaker. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:48:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/06/home-winemaking-goes-with-fly-fishing/ http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/06/home-winemaking-goes-with-fly-fishing/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:44:21 +0000 Ian http://homewinery.info/blog/?p=334 Jack Keller is one, and so is Ernie Kalwa, the Captain of the Fly Fishing team (The Osprey's) that I used to be a member of. Not sure which one of us ties the better flies, but I know it's not me! Although I do enjoy doing that. Today and yesterday, I had two good days to combine my two hobbies. And one advantage a home winemaker has if they've brought a fish back to eat for dinner is that wine selection is not difficult.]]> http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/06/home-winemaking-goes-with-fly-fishing/feed/ 0 http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/06/home-winemaking-and-carbon-dioxide-emissions/ http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/06/home-winemaking-and-carbon-dioxide-emissions/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:08:04 +0000 Ian http://homewinery.info/blog/?p=332 http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/06/home-winemaking-and-carbon-dioxide-emissions/feed/ 2 http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/06/maple-wine-progress/ http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/06/maple-wine-progress/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:15:17 +0000 Ian http://homewinery.info/blog/?p=330 http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/06/maple-wine-progress/feed/ 4 http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/05/thoughts-on-bottle-sizes-home-winemaking/ http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/05/thoughts-on-bottle-sizes-home-winemaking/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 05:18:24 +0000 Ian http://homewinery.info/blog/?p=327 http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/05/thoughts-on-bottle-sizes-home-winemaking/feed/ 2 http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/05/is-it-home-brewing-or-home-fermenting/ http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/05/is-it-home-brewing-or-home-fermenting/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 08:03:52 +0000 Ian http://homewinery.info/blog/?p=314 http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/05/is-it-home-brewing-or-home-fermenting/feed/ 2 http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/05/the-use-of-potassium-sorbate-in-home-winemaking/ http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/05/the-use-of-potassium-sorbate-in-home-winemaking/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 07:16:45 +0000 Ian http://homewinery.info/blog/?p=312 http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/05/the-use-of-potassium-sorbate-in-home-winemaking/feed/ 1 http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/05/home-winemaking-fun-when-there-is-a-helpful-six-year-old/ http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/05/home-winemaking-fun-when-there-is-a-helpful-six-year-old/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 06:50:41 +0000 Ian http://homewinery.info/blog/?p=305 http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/05/home-winemaking-fun-when-there-is-a-helpful-six-year-old/feed/ 0 http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/05/home-maple-winemaking/ http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/05/home-maple-winemaking/#comments Sat, 16 May 2009 04:30:05 +0000 Ian http://homewinery.info/blog/?p=294 mentioned that I had managed to get 1 Imperial gallon of dark maple syrup - the cost was $45.00 Canadian, and made locally here in South Western Ontario. It was fresh! Made just this past spring. But I was wondering what I would do with it to turn it into wine.]]> http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/05/home-maple-winemaking/feed/ 4 http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/05/do-wine-corks-breathe/ http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/05/do-wine-corks-breathe/#comments Sat, 16 May 2009 02:53:13 +0000 Ian http://homewinery.info/blog/?p=292 Dr. Richard Grant Petersen, Ph.D has written a two part article which appeared in Appellation America. Dr. Petersen postulates that it is virtually impossible for cork closures to breathe due to the fact that cork cells are 14 sided, and points out that sparkling wines that contain high pressure inside due to carbon dioxide don't lose carbon dioxide through the cork - so how could air at much lower pressure pass through a cork closure (properly sealed of course) into the wine bottle?]]> http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/05/do-wine-corks-breathe/feed/ 2 http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/05/a-tough-week/ http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/05/a-tough-week/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 05:35:59 +0000 Ian http://homewinery.info/blog/?p=287 http://homewinery.info/blog/2009/05/a-tough-week/feed/ 1