Recent content by piace

Thanks, Lorena This has been a valuable lesson and I'm glad we messed up on the practice Concord instead of the Merlot. After reading much, along with your learned comment, I am now fairly convinced that you are exactly correct--we rushed the bottling. Since this batch was Concord, we...

Help. Background: 2006 was our first attempt at wine-making. We did a "practice run" with Concord grapes picked from my son's backyard. Our second, much larger batch was from Merlot grapes (Lido, CA), purchased through a wine equipment dealer here in the midwest. The less than ideal...