White Wine - The Grogans Looking Good!
September 3, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
Well having been away for a week, I was slightly apprehensive about the state of the white wine when I returned ( the aptly names Grogan! ).
However, my fears were unfounded - the wine is looking clear as day, has a lovely colour to it, and a swift sniff of the contents gives a lovely fruity smell which on aroma matches a lot of Chardonnays I have tasted from the supermarket!
The particularly exciting part of this, is the white wine is actuall ready to drink - i just need to bottle it, and then refrigerate it for a little while, and its ready to taste!
Due to work commitments, this may have to wait until sometime next week - but who cares, I’m sure it will be worth the wait!
Making Red Wine with the new kit
August 21, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
As detailed in a previosu post I have now got two wine making kits on the go - with the Original White Wine, we have chosen to call Grogan, and now another with a Red Wine, we have chosen to call Crickadilla!
In reality, the white wine is a Chardonnay, and the red is a Cabernet Sauvignon, but by giving them both unique names, we add to the personalisation!!
So this particular diary is all about my production of red wine - its probably important to note at this stage, that the first batch i’m producing came with the kit, and to be honest, I don’t have massive hopes for it.
For a start, its production time is a mere seven days - as opposed to the minimum of 1 month for the white wine. But, as it came with the kit, I may as well make and chart its quality, if only as a benchmark for future wines.
The production of this particular home made wine is striaght forward - clean and sterilise all equipment - done!
Add 900g of sugar to 1 litre of boiling water and stir vigorously until the sugar has evaporated - done!
Add the Red grape concentrate! and stir! - done!
Top up the water to 5 litres - done!
Add yeast and oak chips - done!
Stir vigorously again! - done!
Leave the lid on loosely! - done!
And thats stage one!!!
I guess this diary will be updated frequently over the next seven days as its production schedule is a lot tighter!!
So check back regularly!
Meet the Staff - Chris Onslow
August 19, 2008 by admin · 2 Comments
So since I started my hobby of making wine, i’ve managed to accrue some seasoned help on the way! My joint partner in the project is Chris Onslow
Chris Onslow is an online entrepeneur with his own successful B2B Training Course business, but has shown a passion for wine making that kind of matches my own - so it made sense to go into partnership together.
Luckily we have a good synergy of skill and experience - whereas I position myself at the sharp end of wine production, Onslow ( as he is affectionately known ) is the Marketing and Sales director, with a keen eye for product names and the all important label production!
So far we have 3 products in development :
The initial batch of white wine - Grogan
The new red wine - Crickadilla
And some cider making kit, which will produce the inaugral batch of - Strumpet
The names have been chosen between myself and Onslow - and i’m sure you’ll agree they’re pretty signifcant and catching!
A picture of Chris Onslow will follow shortly!
