Wise Acres Winery » Harvest http://www.wiseacreswinery.com Three wiseacres crack their way to fame Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:56:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 2009 Syrah Fermentation Chart [DRY!] http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2009/10/12/2009-syrah-fermentation-chart/ http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2009/10/12/2009-syrah-fermentation-chart/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:19:09 +0000 gardner http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/?p=247 http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2009/10/12/2009-syrah-fermentation-chart/feed/ 0 Crushing Syrah 10/4/09 http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2009/09/28/crushing-syrah-10409/ http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2009/09/28/crushing-syrah-10409/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:30:19 +0000 gardner http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/?p=218 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 [...]]]> http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2009/09/28/crushing-syrah-10409/feed/ 0 2009 Syrah? http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2009/08/16/2009-syrah/ http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2009/08/16/2009-syrah/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:51:39 +0000 gardner http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2009/08/16/2009-syrah/ I think so. Can’t count on the PMR Pinot. What do [...]]]> http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2009/08/16/2009-syrah/feed/ 0 Tentative Crush 9/14/08 http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2008/09/07/tentative-crush-91408/ http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2008/09/07/tentative-crush-91408/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:38:49 +0000 gardner http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/?p=161 Looks like we will be crushing Dry Creek Zin/Petite a week from today. Phoebe and I will probably pick the “estate” grapes this week after school sometime and crush/press it into the house Rose Magnum. Last years sucked, but I will pay more attention to [...]]]> http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2008/09/07/tentative-crush-91408/feed/ 0 Dry Creek Zinfandel/Petite Sirah Blend for 2008 http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2008/08/27/dry-crek-zinfandelpetite-sirah-blend-for-2008/ http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2008/08/27/dry-crek-zinfandelpetite-sirah-blend-for-2008/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:42:25 +0000 gardner http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2008/08/27/dry-crek-zinfandelpetite-sirah-blend-for-2008/ We have decided to go with G&M Vineyards again for our half-ton of grapes this year. 

I just hung up with Levi and last week the Zin was at 19, the Petite a little behind. He is predicting harvest third or fourth week in September. 

He also suggested we either get a year-old barrel or use the existing [...]]]> http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2008/08/27/dry-crek-zinfandelpetite-sirah-blend-for-2008/feed/ 0 2007 Fermentation Status http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/10/06/2007-fermentation-status/ http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/10/06/2007-fermentation-status/#comments Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:45:47 +0000 gardner http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/10/06/2007-fermentation-status/ Things are roiling away, lots of CO2 and great smells. I am tracking temperature and Brix. The Cabernet continues to be the most vigorous. Click on the thumbnail to see a confusing chart. I am going to try to improve it as time permits. We should see temperatures go up correlated to sugar dropping, then sugar [...]]]> http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/10/06/2007-fermentation-status/feed/ 0 2007 Estate Harvest http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/10/05/2007-estate-harvest/ http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/10/05/2007-estate-harvest/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:10:35 +0000 gardner http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/10/05/2007-estate-harvest/ Phoebe and I picked 7 lbs., 8 oz. of Cabernet from our single vine. I foot-stomped it and hand pressed using a colander and stainless mixing bowl yielding just shy of 2 liters of juice at 24.5ºB.

I pitched a little of the extra D21/Fermaid K slurry into it to make our [...]]]> http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/10/05/2007-estate-harvest/feed/ 0 Using Dry Ice to Cool Must http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/10/02/dry-ice/ http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/10/02/dry-ice/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:50:15 +0000 gardner http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/10/02/dry-ice/ We added dry ice to the must to cold soak it at a temperature at lease 50ºF. Here are the cooling numbers:

 

Merlot

Cabernet

G&M Syrah

10/1/07 2:00 PM

63

64

72

10/1/07 6:00 PM

38

41

55

10/2/07 1:45 PM

57

58

62

Hopefully we can keep it cool. The garage gets up [...]]]> http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/10/02/dry-ice/feed/ 0 2007 Harvest & Crush http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/10/02/2007-harvest/ http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/10/02/2007-harvest/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:33:19 +0000 gardner http://www.wiseacreswinery.com/2007/10/02/2007-harvest/

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