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63 - Homage to the Cellar Dwellers and the French

This homage to the Cellar Dwellers and the French comes from David in California!

62 - Cellar Dwellers Last Hurrah

I hope you can join us live tonight. This will likely be our final show. We'll both continue on in home winemaking, but The Other Guy is moving to the Valley of the Sun. We'll miss him here in the 'Burgh.

61 - Our Top 10 Best UNOBVIOUS Winemaking Tips

Join us tonight to taste the Beaulieu Vineyard (BV) Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon - 2005.

60 - Cellar Dwellers - Home Winemaking - NOW ON MONDAYS

Tonight (now on MONDAYS) we'll be tasting Castello di VERRAZZANO Chianti Classico 2004, as well as talking about racking and our soon-to-arrive Chilean grapes (May '08). Please join us for a fun and interesting discussion about home winemaking.
 

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Richard H. Araujo

First Posting

Glad to see this page is here. I've been listening to the backlog of shows and love them, and was glad to hear eventually that the community had been enhanced via this website. I guess I'll write whatever I feel like in this blog, but mostly it'll be on topic discussion of my latest wine experiments. Right now I've got a pale of juice, half pinot grigio and half chardonnay, that I hope to start fermenting in a few weeks. The delay is only because of previous plans for memorial day weekend and th… Continue

Posted by Richard H. Araujo on May 12, 2009 at 7:44pm

David in California

Yes, I'd like a bottle of your finest New England pinot noir...

Here is an interesting video about how the effect of climate change has altered, and will alter in the near future, California's wine fortunes:

Napa Wineries Face Global Warming

Posted by David in California on February 18, 2009 at 5:30am — 1 Comment

Tim

Fermentation Speed

I was wondering if my fermentation's are happening too fast for my reds. My wines go from 24 ish Brix down to 0 in under five days usually. The cap still forms so there is still sugar fermenting so I dont know if I just need to get a more accurate hydrometer for measuring the lower Brix. If you go to my website http://www.vinetowine2008.com and go to the logs page you can pull up a PDF file of my fermentation's and see the measurements. Are others seei… Continue

Posted by Tim on September 24, 2008 at 10:42am — 4 Comments

David in California

California Wine Grape Harvest Update

The harvest has begun! Yields are down this year due to low rainfall and frosts. This doesn't really impact quality, but it does impact quantity of fruit available. This also means that most vineyards will see higher quality due to small berries that yield more concentrated wine. With the recent warm and dry weather and a very small crop, fruit is ripening quickly... sometimes up to 3 brix per week (up to twice the normal rate). Expect phenomenal fruit!

Posted by David in California on September 2, 2008 at 11:32am

David in California

L'essence des Cellar Dwellers

If I happen to miss an episode of the Cellar Dwellers, I just listen to this short audio tribute. I believe that it captures the true essence of Dave & TOG's charm... :o)

L'essence des Cellar Dwellers

Posted by David in California on March 22, 2008 at 11:30am — 2 Comments

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Tim

My new website

Started by Tim Sep. 23, 2008.

Jeff Anderson

Upstate New York

Started by Jeff Anderson Sep. 18, 2008.

Paul Moylan

I want to blend 1 Reply

Started by Paul Moylan. Last reply by Chris Whitlock Jul. 18, 2008.

 
 

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