The rewards and frustrations of home winemaking

Tag archive: cabernet sauvignon

Fire up the Cab!

Paul got us some great yeast for our cab:ย  D254 and FX10.ย  We were splitting a half ton evenly, and we ended up with 6 32-gallon trash cans full of must.ย  We decided that Dave & I would inoculate 2 cans with D254 and one with FX10, and then Paul would inoculate 2 cans with […]

Cabernet Sauvignon!

We just got some cabernet sauvignon grapes, also from Lambert Creek vineyard in Sonoma from Chris Van Alyea.ย  I convinced one of my partners-in-crime that he needed cab to blend with the merlot when it was done.ย  Iโ€™m sure he wonโ€™t be sorry!ย  We picked up the grapes and helped out a little more this […]