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wine making a la nEiL: This blog is all about making wines, MY way, not necessarily traditional methods, but I get down to basics, exploring the craft, stepping out on the ledge and going where most vintners never dreamed of going …
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A Wine making fool's Blog

English - Home Wine Making, Fruit Wines, Meads
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A Wine making fool's Blog · 1d ago

Sonoma home winemakers awards dinner

We were lucky enough to be sat next to kathleen Hill, for dinner. She writes; http://www.sonomanews.com/News-2012/Wolfert-wins-James-Beard-Award-Home-Winemakers-results/ Sonoma Home Winemakers announced their medal winners at a recent sold-out dinner at Vintage House senior center, cooked by Rich Tr...
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A Wine making fool's Blog · 2M ago

Two more awards!

I entered some of my wines in the local (Geyserville) Amateur wine competition. Tonight was the awards dinner. D r U m RooooooooooooooooooLL (please)  Chili lime wine- Silver http://winemakingfoo…hili-lime-wine/ Grog- Bronze http://winemakingfoo…m/grog/grog-ii/
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A Wine making fool's Blog · 2M ago

Sangria 2012

all fruit and grape pumace- awaiting yeast inoculation.
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A Wine making fool's Blog · 3M ago

Mojo 2012

Mojo 2012 Mojo 2012- is my third time making this recipe. I will be using Agave nectar to give it a Margarita style flavor.  at the point of second racking and stabilization I will be adding Pink lemonade to half- creating “Pink Lady”.
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A Wine making fool's Blog · 3M ago

Another wine competition….

I  was given a link to a competition by my wife. An e-mail, a returned phone call and 2.5 hours later, 9 wines were entered into the  2011 Geyserville Amateur Winemakers Competition. I went to the cellar and started pulling out sample bottles. Then I tasted, and decided on these. I entered; Mojo II ...
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A Wine making fool's Blog · 4M ago

Connect and enjoy!

If  a wine tastes good, it tastes better when you taste it with the winemaker. There is a connection and the next time you open that bottle you can think or say, “When I was tasting this with Neil…”
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A Wine making fool's Blog · 4M ago

Chardonnay

Chardonnay:  is a green-skinned grape variety used to make white wine. It is originated from the Burgundy wine region of eastern France. I am looking for a faux oaking from the vanilla beans and a fresh citrusy flavor with the pronounced dryness of the chardonnay grape. I bought a can of chablis jui...
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A Wine making fool's Blog · 4M ago

Happy New Year!

Thanks for checkin’ in on my wine blog. Today I passed the 20,oo0 hits mark.
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A Wine making fool's Blog · 4M ago

Roemer wine glasses…

  …Are still considered a traditional toasting glass and most popular in Germany. A collection of  wine making recipes  that were given to me, could have been originally from Germany (Austria) and been served in these glasses, although the recipes came from West Virginia, from the Starkey...
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A Wine making fool's Blog · 5M ago

Wine Country Sourdough

I have a red wine that is still working out in garage, and I had a brilliant idea about starting a sourdough starter with some red wine lees. After researching sourdough and rethinking everything I knew already- I went out and thieved from the bottom of the fermentor, as much lees as I could with [....
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