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This Blackberry Port recipe was written and contributed by David Knoll. Where I live in Oregon, Blackberries grow as weeds. In July when Blackberries are ripe, I can walk across the road to my neighbor’s property and pick 5 gallons of Blackberries along his pasture in about 2 hours. They are big and juicy. Blackberry …
What Are Fortified Wines? Fortified wines are regular grape wines that have been given an alcohol boost using grape spirits. While this does produce a high alcohol wine that isn’t the whole story and it isn’t why this practice began. The real reason fortified wines came into being was to solve stability issues in finished …
Specific gravity is one of the most important measurements a winemaker makes. It tells us how much sugar we have, how far along fermentation might be, when it ends, and how much alcohol was produced. In this episode of the Winemaker’s Academy Podcast the main topic and the quick tip both focus on specific gravity. …
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A strawberry mead recipe by Matt Williams. This was my first fruit wine that I ever made. I used frozen strawberries from the grocery store and a local Colorado honey. It took about 3 weeks to fully ferment and I recommend giving it a full six months or more to clear. I opted not to …
Wine kits are a great place to start when learning to make wine. They’re inexpensive, pre-stabilized, and come with a great set of instructions to help you through the process. You also need only a minimal amount of equipment. At some point though we all want to graduate kit wine making to making wine from …