This post is the second of what I hope will be a series. My friend Adrian Hanft and I are going to try having an ongoing conversation about art and creativity. Initially it was going to be held via email, but we’ve agreed that it might be more interesting to have it via our blogs [...]
This post is the first of what I hope will be a series. My friend Adrian Hanft and I are going to try having an ongoing conversation about art and creativity. Initially it was going to be held via email, but we’ve agreed that it might be more interesting to have it via our blogs [...]
This batch made from a 96 oz. can of Vintner’s Harvest Gooseberry Fruit Wine Base ($45) and a Vintner’s Reserve World Vineyard Collection: French Sauvignon Blanc 6-gallon kit ($68). I am basically following the kit’s instructions while borrowing a few elements from the recipe on the back of the Gooseberry can. A bit of an [...]
This batch made from a 96 oz. can of Vintner’s Harvest Gooseberry Fruit Wine Base. The recipe I chose/created will produce 3 gallons of wine. I will then mix 1.5 liters of Paul Masson VSOP Brandy with the wine, sweeten to taste and bottle to make a port-style wine with a little more than 15% [...]
This batch is from a wine kit: Winexpert Selection Original Series: Luna Rossa. A 4 gallon kit that produces 6 gallons of wine. It was about $118.
While working on an upcoming new website for Gramps (Free Open Source Genealogical Research tool that I contribute to) I am learning the challenges of developing a multilingual international website. In working with some translations I discovered that my character chart did not include characters from the Polish alphabet!
Needless to say, my character chart now [...]
Produces about 3.5 gallons of port-style wine at 15.7% alcohol.
This batch is from a wine kit: Winexpert Selection Original Series: Pinot Noir. A 4 gallon kit that produces 6 gallons of wine. It was about $118.
This batch was made from a kit: Winexpert Vintner’s Reserve World Vineyard Collection: Australian Shiraz. It is a 2.6 gallon kit that produces 6 gallons of wine. It cost about $75.
This wine is created from a kit: Winexpert Vintner’s Reserve: Cabernet Sauvignon. It is a 2 gallon juice concentrate kit that produces a 6 gallon batch of wine. The kit was about $60.