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To read the previous installment in Joe’s Wine Making Adventure – Clarifying Times, click here. *This is a rewrite of the original post due to a data corruption incident – ugh* Well with this installment we’re pretty much caught up with Joe and the wine making process. It’s now time to wait a few months Continue reading Joe’s Wine Making Adventure: Installment 6 – Time to Oak! http://www.redwineplease.com/joes-wine-making-adventure-installment-5-clarifying-times/ 
To read the previous installment in Joe’s Wine Making Adventure – The Fire Breathing Dragon, click here. With the balancing act hopefully in hand, and the juice settled down again, it was now time to hit the home stretch. Most people like clear wine. These days there is a big push for organic, biodynamic, unfiltered, Continue reading Joe’s Wine Making Adventure – Installment 5: Clarifying Times http://www.redwineplease.com/joes-wine-making-adventure-installment-4-the-fire-breathing-dragon/ To read the previous installment in Joe’s Wine Making Adventure click here. It’s been a while since we added to the continuing saga of Joe’s journey toward good homemade wine. That’s not to say he hasn’t been busy over the last six months, because he has. It’s just been that he hasn’t had time to Continue reading Joe’s Wine Making Adventure – Installment 4: The Fire Breathing Dragon! http://www.redwineplease.com/joes-wine-making-adventure-installment-3-a-pressing-process/ 
To see the previous installment of Joe’s Wine Making Adventure click here. After crushing the grapes there are still things to do before the juice is ready to be transferred to holding containers for the long haul to winehood. Here are some progress notes on Joe’s journey, from kick starting the fermentation to minding the Continue reading Joe’s Wine Making Adventure – Installment 3: A Pressing Process http://www.redwineplease.com/joes-wine-making-adventure-the-crush/ If you want to see the previous installment, click here. Here we have the second installment in Joe’s Wine Making Adventure, and now it is getting serious. Grapes are going to get (and actually have been) beaten to a pulp so the fermentation process can begin. This is a great way to learn about wine Continue reading Joe’s Wine Making Adventure – The Crush! http://www.redwineplease.com/joes-wine-making-adventure-here-we-go/ I have always wanted to make wine, but just have never taken the plunge. Well the next best thing just arrived, in the form of a friend who is taking the leap and starting his wine making adventure. My friend’s name is Joe, and he has graciously agreed to let us follow him on the Continue reading Joe’s Wine Making Adventure – Here We Go! |