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2010 Crush – Syrah

gardner — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:56:49 +0000

Easiest crush yet.

Syrah

ºB: 25.5 pH: 3.88 ºF: 56

Juice tastes great. Wonderful kid and [...]

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 [...]

2008 Zinfandel Lab Results

gardner — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:55:01 +0000

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 too [...]

Bottling 2007 Syrah on 12/20/2008

gardner — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:48:45 +0000

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 to [...]