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| Rhubarb Wine Bottled in November 1973! The Watergate break-in was June 23, 1972. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigned October 10, 1973. President Richard M. Nixon resigned August 8, 1974. I remember listening to the Watergate hearings while bottling this wine. I have a couple more bottles of Rhubarb and several of Concord grape. The wines have developed a sediment over the years. I have stored the bottles on their sides to keep the corks moist and to minimize oxidation however, when I opened a bottle of grape it tasted more like a port wine-probably from oxidation. Just because a wine is old does not mean it has aged well! I keep these wines for sentimental reasons. | ||
| More Recent Winemaking: Since Retirement in 2001 I've made
7 Batches of wine with an 8th (Blackberry) in progress. A 5 gallon batch of wine
produces about 18-22 bottles
(750ml each) depending on loss during racking and testing. All of the
wines except rhubarb were made using canned fruit intended for wine making. All the
wines had a final filtering to give them a polished look and all bottling
was in new bottles. I give
many away as Christmas Gifts. All who received them raved about the
taste!! (Or so they said). One of these years, I'll try making
wine using freshly harvested grapes.
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| Zinfandel
Blush [Batch 001] Semi-dry, 14.5% alcohol by vol. 1st Racking April 2002 Bottled 12/2002 Yield: 21 Bottles |
Concord Grape [Batch
003] Dry, 11.6% alcohol by vol. 1st Racking June 2002 Bottled 12/2003 Yield: 21 Bottles |
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Rhubarb Wine [Batch 004] |
Chardonnay [Batch 001] |
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Apricot Wine [Batch 001] |
Merlot [Batch 001] |
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Rhubarb Wine [Batch 005] |
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