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Racked 2009 Syrah

gardner — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:01:08 +0000

Due to sloth and some personal issues over the last few months I didn’t get around to racking the Syrah until two days ago. It was keeping me awake at nights, so I sucked it up and did it. It went well with only a little spillage and ended up with a barrel plus a half [...]

Wine Impressions — Mountain Grapes, Part I: Howell Mountain

gardner — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:40:43 +0000

(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 wine. [...]

2009 Syrah Fermentation Chart [DRY!]

gardner — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:19:09 +0000

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Crushing Syrah 10/4/09

gardner — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:30:19 +0000

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 [...]

Cleared out malware

gardner — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:56:02 +0000

I think I found the malicious code and removed it from two [...]

2009 Syrah?

gardner — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:51:39 +0000

I think so. Can’t count on the PMR Pinot. What do [...]

Damn Hackers

gardner — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:47:37 +0000

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

Found Treasure

gardner — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:06:02 +0000

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. I [...]

Pitched Yeast

gardner — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:46:43 +0000

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 [...]

I Finished the Sopranos

gardner — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:36:36 +0000

I finally watched the [...]