Bringing a bottle of Taylor Fladgate 20 year tawny to the MIL dinner for Thanksgiving.

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at various times during Thanksgiving...

Nashoba Valley Winery
Cranberry Apple wine
Bolton, MA

Alois Lageder
Pinot Grigio 2013
Italy

Garnacha de Fuego
Old Vines 2012
Spain

All were very good.

Yesterday . . .

2008 Jealous Bitch cab

2013 Joel Gott cab

2012 chateau larquey bordeaux

Had a best value sticker on it and it was pretty good for a $10 bottle

love when that happens ^^^

Mollydooker The Boxer shiraz from '12

yesterday...

Chaucer's Mead honey wine, gifted to me by one of my drivers.

I'm gonna refrigerate the rest and see what happens. Came with mulling spices, but I think I'll pass.

Any You'se guys make wine?

I've got a 3 gallon batch of Ice Wine going now

I helped a friend make a 15 gallon batch of Syrah in his LA garage a few years ago. Not bad stuff but we over did it with new oak that was not toasted enough. Ice wine/ late harvest sounds fun.

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Icewine is a real treat! There are a couple made in MA, but the only type I've had has been gifted by a coworker who picks it up when he visits family in Canada at Christmas time. Something about harvesting the grapes in frozen December/January that makes the juice limited and concentrated, and the wine super sweet

Last year he gave me a 200ML bottle of Cabernet Franc from Henry of Pelham Family Estates (I suspect it may have cost $40!!). The other day he handed me another Cabernet Franc from Pillitteri Estates. Both wineries are in Ontario.

This will be slowly quaffed around a fire pit one cold evening very soon.

Nice, yes I enjoy Ice Wine and hoping this one turns out good, so far it is fermenting really well.

Next I'm gonna find something my wife will enjoy and ferment one of the kit wines for 5 gal batches. I have a 6 gal big mouth bubbler, a handful of 5 gal and 2-3gal carboys, now I just need the room to operate. Back problems don't go well with glass carboys, either!

so, can it be made with any grapes from anywhere, is it about the process, or do they have to freeze on the vine before harvesting?

Ice wine is made from grapes that have naturally frozen on the vine, then picked. I started mine from a vidal type from a kit/prepackaged wine grape juice (seasonal), otherwise, yes any grape or Muscadine will make wine, so will anything that will ferment

Cold out on the patio today (about 53) so I'm going with a Taylor Fladgate 12 year tawny with my PSD#4.

I think a late harvest Zin would work well about now also.

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Kenwood artist series Sonoma County Cabernet Saivignon 2005

Really good

educated guess cabernet

Yellow Tail Cab/Merlot

caymus 2012 40th anniversary cab last night

clos du bois 2012 cab tonight (its no caymus but a pretty nice bottle in the 10-13 range imo)

Chateau Ste. Michelle Cold Creek Riesling 2014