The rewards and frustrations of home winemaking

Daily archive: 07 09 2011

Pitching Yeast on 2011 Syrah

We did a 3-day cold soak on our 2011 syrah, mostly out of convenience.ย  I get a little nervous doing more than 2 days, and I don’t think I’ll soak this long again before pitching the yeast.ย  Besides the cost of putting 10 pounds of dry ice into the buckets every morning, the must does […]