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Muller-Thurgau Bottling

Time to bottle!ย  I racked about half of carboy, then filtered the rest with my gravity filter and combined the wine before bottling โ€“ I was too impatient to wait for it to clear over an extended bulk aging. I really need to get an inline filter for the enolmatic, the gravity filter added an […]

Racking the Muller-Thurgau and Barolo

Time to rack the Muller-thurgau and barolo.ย  Unfortunately, I got a little overzealous with the stirring of the elderflower tea bags in the MT, and punctured most of them.ย  Now there are cute little flowers floating all over the wine.ย  This became a problem as I was racking, the flowers were small enough to be […]

Try MLF on Merlot Again and First Reserve Kit for 2009

Time to rack and check the home merlot.ย  I splash racked again, and tested/tasted it.ย  The Free SO2 seemed to be below 20 ppm, so Iโ€™m going to try to restart MLF with the dried bacteria I got in December.ย  Iโ€™m not optimistic, because Iโ€™m pretty sure the bacteria is no good after this long, […]