The Games have always brought people together in peace to respect universal moral principles. The above quote is from the website of the International Olympic Committee. It’s the sort of thing that I think of when I think about the … Continue reading →
I’ve started helping The Man of the House more with the wine making. Today we racked wine. That means that TMOTH siphons the wine out of one jug and puts it in another. This is done to separate the good wine from … Continue reading →
Today the Man of the House and I headed back to the home brew shop to do some additional work on our merlot wine. Last weekend the grapes were crushed. What makes the red color in red wine is that it’s … Continue reading →
Last Sunday was a big day. The grapes we’d ordered from Eastern Washington came. First The Man of the House had to make room in the wine closet. This large container holds 100 pounds of crushed Merlot grapes. The skins are … Continue reading →
The Man of the House and I dream of having a wine cellar one day. I imagine walking down stone steps into the cool darkness. I flip the light switch and am greeted with bottles and barrels of wine made … Continue reading →
Yesterday The Man of the House and I bottled wine. Instead of bottling a huge batch we bottled four smaller batches. There were three different types of mead (honey wine) and one jug of apple wine. We had one gallon of … Continue reading →
Earlier I wrote about our abundance of oregano. What in the world were we going to do with so much oregano? Yep, we decided to make oregano wine. The first step was to harvest six cups of oregano. Harvesting things … Continue reading →
Today we bottled wine. This particular batch was made from frozen grape juice. Yep, the wine is made from juice that you’d ordinarily buy to have at breakfast. The Man of the House makes the wine and you can see … Continue reading →
