paulthenurse
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Hey guys,
A bunch of you guys who were at Masstoberfest and at the Utopia brew day expressed intrest in making wine. I started a seperate thread here to discuss it and I'll link to this thread from those threads.
So here's my idea. We can pool our resources and do a group co-op wine. I have been buying grapes from a fruit wholesaler in Harford who has a great relationship with California vineyards and also with vineyards in Chile. If you've never had Chilean wine you are in for a treat. Pick up a bottle of Malbec and try it. It's VERY good. THey get the grapes up from Chili in fantastic condition. Yes it's not 'picked in the morning and crushed by noon' like you would wish for but we don't live in California so we have to make do. I've been very happy with the quality of the Chilean grapes and just bottled my Chilean Cab Sav from May 2007. It is VERY good.
I have 30 gallons of a Bordeaux blend in my barrel that needs to come out of the barrel. (My 15 gallon barrel is older and can hold the Zin blend till the fall.) I need 30 gallons of something red to put back in there. (You can't put a white wine in a barrel that has held a red wine.) I'm not really wanting to spring for 500 lbs of red grapes for myself again this year, I have more red wine than I know what to do with as it is.
So if you guys are interested we can form a co-op and do something with the Chilean crop. I'll be buying mostly whites for myself this spring, probably focusing on PG, Chards and Reislings.
PTN
A bunch of you guys who were at Masstoberfest and at the Utopia brew day expressed intrest in making wine. I started a seperate thread here to discuss it and I'll link to this thread from those threads.
So here's my idea. We can pool our resources and do a group co-op wine. I have been buying grapes from a fruit wholesaler in Harford who has a great relationship with California vineyards and also with vineyards in Chile. If you've never had Chilean wine you are in for a treat. Pick up a bottle of Malbec and try it. It's VERY good. THey get the grapes up from Chili in fantastic condition. Yes it's not 'picked in the morning and crushed by noon' like you would wish for but we don't live in California so we have to make do. I've been very happy with the quality of the Chilean grapes and just bottled my Chilean Cab Sav from May 2007. It is VERY good.
I have 30 gallons of a Bordeaux blend in my barrel that needs to come out of the barrel. (My 15 gallon barrel is older and can hold the Zin blend till the fall.) I need 30 gallons of something red to put back in there. (You can't put a white wine in a barrel that has held a red wine.) I'm not really wanting to spring for 500 lbs of red grapes for myself again this year, I have more red wine than I know what to do with as it is.
So if you guys are interested we can form a co-op and do something with the Chilean crop. I'll be buying mostly whites for myself this spring, probably focusing on PG, Chards and Reislings.
PTN