Wise Acres Winery

2008 Zinfandel Lab Results

2008-12-12T16:55:01Z

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 [...]

Bottling 2007 Syrah on 12/20/2008

2008-12-12T16:48:45Z

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 [...]

Inventory System

2008-11-21T11:14:35Z

In preparation for our biggest bottling yet (around 12/22/08) I instituted a barcode inventory system with Cellar Trackerколи под наем. Now all we need to do is get Chuck to tell me how many bottles are in his cellar.

Found Treasure

2008-10-28T04:06:02Z

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. [...]

2008 Pressing Day

2008-09-30T00:36:36Z

It started Saturday night with some steaks, sausages and bottles of Road31 Pinot and Arns Syrah. Overall a very good way to start things. Events lead Joe and I down the street to a wine tasting party held by the owner of a wine storage company. It was a school auction item party, but we [...]

0 ºB

2008-09-27T03:57:26Z

Hydrometer reads 0 on the 2008 Zinfandel. Ready for pressing.

2008 Zinfandel Juice Lab Results

2008-09-25T20:54:49Z

AC24581 08 ZINJUICE pH 3.84 Titratable Acidity 0.555 g/100mL We will need to add acid at some point, probably Tartaric. I am researching how much and when to add.

Pressing Sunday, 9/28/2008

2008-09-23T23:25:44Z

This Sunday we will be pressing the Zin/Petite. TO DO: Swell Hungarian barrel Rack Syrah into Hungarian barrel Clean kegs Clean Barrel Charge radios

2008-09-22T03:09:29Z

I am updating a graph of the sugar level of the Zinfandel. It is on the left sidebar and I will try to keep it up-to-date. I can only post one variable, but I am tracking temperature as well and it is a classic inverse curve relative to the Brix. We have a vigorous fermentation [...]

Conflicting Brix

2008-09-18T16:37:58Z

A day after pitching the yeast I check the temp and gravity. There is activity already, temperature was up 3ºF even though it was a cold night (46ºF outside). The weird thing is that I am getting a higher reading of 26ºB as compared to the the two other readings both coming out at 24.5ºB. [...]