(Originally published in the online literary magazine, CappyG)
Mountains define a valley. I had been to Napa valley many times; I even proposed marriage there; but I never ventured far from the valley floor. And eventually, for me, the valley had become an unpleasant, crowded, tourist Mecca: gridlock traffic, expensive tasting fees, and buses—more cheese than [...]
We will be crushing Syrah this Sunday, October 4. Hopefully around noon or 1:00. I will tweet/post from the road Sunday with a better time estimate. Come on by for wine and wet fun. Kids get to foot stomp!
I think I found the malicious code and removed it from two postings. Hooray!
I think so. Can’t count on the PMR Pinot. What do y’all think?
Sorry for the malware warning, if you see this then it has been taken care of.
Here are the results of the latest lab test for the 2008 Zinfandel:
2007 Zin Post ML
Malic Acid 83 mg/100mL
pH 4.16
Titratable Acidity 0.605 g/100mL
Free SO2 None detected
Total SO2 3 mg/L
I fear ML is stuck as it needs to get down to 15-30 mg/100ml. I am going to try adding some fresh cultures. Also the pH is [...]
Just in time to give as Christmas gifts. We will be bottling, barcoding and labeling about 25 cases. I have the corks, the bottles and the filler reserved. The argon is full and the wine is ready to go after a final lab analysis. I am going to send out an invite for anyone wanting [...]
In preparation for our biggest bottling yet (around 12/22/08) I instituted a barcode inventory system with Cellar Tracker Now all we need to do is get Chuck to tell me how many bottles are in his cellar.