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In the Basque region here in Spain they have a wine type called Txakoli that's like this. For me it's kind of like a softer wine cooler

The weathers nice here. Even in the winter it's shorts in the daytime and a sweatshirt at night. It rains maybe 2 months out of the year. NO SNOW!!!

From my own grapes. I bought a house here in Lanzarote, and I have 88 vines and a few fruit trees. This is a volcanic island off the coast of Africa, so we get plenty of sun. I have 4 different grapes and a fully functional bodega. Meaning press, crusher/destemer, 3 stainless vats, etc...

To dilute it just add water? It was a shade under 11% when i started. It is in a secondary vat now(stainless) and is open and is covered by a cloth. I filtered it before starting in the primary rack, and filtered the mother about 10 days ago when I moved it to a fresh vat. Am i wrong to...

that's what i've read so far. I'm trying to figure out if there's anything special i need to do. at this point i'm guessing i would just make the barrel air tight and let the vinegar age for a bit. i still seem to have alcohol in it, about 8.5%. the vinegar stays between 18.5 and 20...

yes. I'm living in the canary islands and this is the typical way wine is made here.

Hi everyone. My attempt at wine has become vinegar. I suspect that there was too much air contact( I'm trying to naturally ferment). If it had been wine, i would now have it sealed and let it settle, since i moved it into a secondary(stainless steel) vat. Is the procedure the same with...

Thanks, yes it's the first attempt at making wine. I actually have a hydrometer. I didn't use it at the start, but it shows now reads zero, so if i'm right there's no sugar left. It kind tastes like a mixture of cranberry and lemon juice. A bit tart but nothing thats tastes unpleasant. I...

Hello everyone. My first time trying to make wine. I made a batch of red, and have no alcohol at all using a vinometer to measure. I also mad a batch of white which measures 9% using the vinometer. The red is a pale color more akin to a rose, so i'm guessing i may have let it ferment too...