Wise Acres Winery http://www.wiseacreswinery.com Three wiseacres crack their way to fame Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:40:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 [...]]]> http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2010/01/22/wine-impressions-%e2%80%94-mountain-grapes-part-i-howell-mountain/ Help Haitian Earthquake Victims

]]> http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2010/01/14/help-haitian-earthquake-victims/ 2009 Syrah Fermentation Chart [DRY!]

]]> http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2009/10/12/2009-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!

]]> http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2009/09/28/crushing-syrah-10409/ Cleared out malware I think I found the malicious code and removed it from two postings. Hooray!

]]> http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2009/08/18/cleared-out-malware/ 2009 Syrah? I think so. Can’t count on the PMR Pinot. What do y’all think?

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]]> http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2009/07/30/damn-hackers/ 2008 Zinfandel Lab Results 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 [...]]]> http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2008/12/12/2008-zinfandel-lab-results/ Bottling 2007 Syrah on 12/20/2008 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 [...]]]> http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2008/12/12/bottling-2007-syrah-on-12202008/ Inventory System 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.

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