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Wine Impressions — Mountain Grapes, Part I: Howell Mountain

(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 [...]

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2009 Syrah Fermentation Chart

Crushing Syrah 10/4/09

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!

Cleared out malware

I think I found the malicious code and removed it from two postings. Hooray!

2009 Syrah?

I think so. Can’t count on the PMR Pinot. What do y’all think?

Damn Hackers

Sorry for the malware warning, if you see this then it has been taken care of.

Found Treasure

Chuck was in town and stopped in for some barrel tastings. We went through all the non-bottled wines and found them all to be quite tasty… except for two. Sadly we had to sacrificed five gallons of 2006 Gardner’s Block Merlot to our homies. Interestingly, the 2007 GB Merlot seems to have also gone off. [...]

Pitched Yeast

After adding a total of 55 lbs of dry ice I pitched 80g of Rockpile DYW49B Yeast. I hydrated it in warm water first, but left it a little too long and the result was dramatic. At least I know they are active little dudes.

I Finished the Sopranos

I finally watched the last episode.