From Under The House
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bramkamp
Posted on: 06/28/08
From Under The House
Welcome to our home wine making project.Our wine makers are Andrew Hutchins and Gary Gouger
Who, during a particularly good night at the Harvest Fair Awards, said out loud - we can make wine!
Andrew buys the grapes - either through referrals or through Craig's List.
He takes our son's truck and a rental truck out to the vineyard and some of the vineyard workers help load up a ton of grapes into the trucks.
That's the end of the help. We then coerce friends and family members to help stem, crush and clean by offering last year's vintage which is in bottle form.
Once the stemmed, crushed grapes ferment - in our garage - we crush again using the traditional basket press. The juice - wine by now - travels through food grade hoses, across the garage floor and to the barrels stored under the house.
We cannot stand upright under the house. But the stereo system is lovely and there is running water.
All together Andrew and Gary have won 17 awards for their wine. I help by drinking as much as I can.
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