The rewards and frustrations of home winemaking

Tag archive: tasting

“One Little Drop”

I was given some samples of a new product called “One Little Drop,” touted to “improve wines.” We opened a bottle of my 2009 Merlot, which is a bit on the tannic side, so decided it was a good opportunity to test it out. Basically, you put one drop of the solution into your wine […]

Visit to Fallbrook Winery

We visited Fallbrook Winery yesterday with some of our friends.ย  It has been unusually cold and dreary around San Diego, but the sun eventually came out later in our tour.ย  We were greeted by Vernon Kindred, one of the winemakers at Fallbrook.ย  He walked us through some of the vineyards while describing the growing season […]