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Wine Log

It is generally recommended to keep a log of one's attempts at making wine, for future reference and learning from one's mistakes. It occured to me that other's might find this useful, also.

BatchTypeStartedStatusCost1BottlesNote
WineMakingBatch01?Grenache Rose06-Oct-2005Second Racking$140-Alexander's Concentrate
WineMakingBatch02?Merlot11-Oct-2005Bottled 11-Nov-2005$554Walmart Kit
WineMakingBatch03?Apple16-Oct-2005Primary Fermentation$10-Joy of Home Winemaking
WineMakingBatch04?Peach21-Oct-2005Primary Fermentation$5-Wonder Wine
WineMakingBatch05?Apricot28-Oct-2005First Racking$174-Vintner's Harvest Fruit Wine Base

Equipment & Ingredients Total Cost:$384
Total Bottles of Wine:4 produced(40 projected)
Cost per Bottle:$96 actual($10 projected)

1 These costs may seem high, but a majority is reusable equipment and chemicals. The purchases were also spread out over time. As more wine is made, the overall cost per bottle will go down.

 

 

Recommended Links

Jack Keller's Wine Making Homepage
A very well done website covering every aspect of winemaking in technical detail. Loads of information. He's also very good at answering questions.

The Southampton Wine Making Pages
A more irreverent look at winemaking. Reminding us all that we sometimes take ourselves way too seriously.

The Joy of Home Winemaking
A happy medium between the above two links. I haven't read her book yet, but it's only a matter of time.

The Better-Bottle Company
One of the few complete systems designed for winemaking. See my observations here. Because of the controversy over winemaking equipment, I'm seriously thinking of conducting an experiment of running the same batch of wine through several modern options and comparing the end results.

Other Links I'm Using

Example Winemaking Log

 

   

 
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