Ed’s Wine Cellar

got started.

 

I still make my wine the same basic way as the starter kits for home winemakers, but now I do it from juice right from the vineyard.  Unless of course it was the time I did a kicked-up Apple wine, and a fantastic

I found out that women listen to everything their husbands say.  Her and I were out touring the wineries of the Finger Lakes, where we got a chance to take a tour of a really small winery.  It was nice, because you could see the love the winemaker had for the product he was making, and he didn’t have the big fancy equipment like that of  Taylor®.   I was really admiring the tools and the chemistry behind making wine.  Turning fresh fruit into a liquid of pleasure was very cool.  So, out of my mouth came the words, “I’d like to try that some day”.  Well wouldn’t you know it, for Christmas the year 1997 and much to my surprise, I receive a wine maker’s kit.  And that is how it all

Blueberry Port, that came from the orchards.  I like the homemaker’s way, because I use glass carboys for 95% of the process.  Most wine makers today use Stainless steel or Plastic.  When I oak, I use America Red, which adds a different characteristic, than that which is achieved from other winemakers.. 

 

There isn’t much waist around here either.  The oak boards are scrape from other projects that get cut down to fit in the glass carboys.  Then after, the used oak boards soaked with wine they go to the smoker for some fine meat.  The grape skins and seeds go to the wild deer and turkey on the property.  And the wine bottles are all recycled.  And I bet you didn’t know that sour milk makes great glue for the labels. 

 

Well, if your in the area, stop by and have a glass.