Bathtub Winemaking Day 449 – Élévage: Raising the Kids 2017 Wine Decoded Shiraz
It’s a busy day in the Tiny Winery today! It’s 449 days since our beautiful Shiraz arrived in the winery.
Blending time … mostly!
Bathtub Winemaking Project Day 20 Racking Bathtub Shiraz V17
Alcoholic fermentation has finished and the Bathtub Winemaking Project Shiraz has been pressed and is now resting in either tank or barrel.
Malolactic fermentation has started converting malic acid to the softer lactic acid. We need to start raising the wine, the process of élévage begins.
Pressing Time – The Shiraz is Heading out of the Bathtub & Into the Basket Press – Bathtub Winemaking Project Day 14
We’ve been working hard on the Shiraz in the Bathtubs to get the texture just right!
Now one of the critical steps … pressing! Get it wrong & all that work will be for naught.
Dunking Stalk Teabags – Bathtub Winemaking Project Day 12
Spice, Perfume, Tannin .. some like it strong, some like it weak, some with a splash of milk, lemon, or a spoon of sugar!
We like our stalks in wine!
Buggy Moving Ferments are Cranking – Bathtub Winemaking Project Day 11 Episode 1
Guiding ferments during the peak of ferment requires wisdom & agility.
There is an infinite number of actions you can take & an equal number of things that can go wrong!
Just how do we get all the colour tannin and flavour out of our Shiraz berries? – Bathub Winemaking Project Day 7
Pumping over is just one of the ways.
Fermentation is Starting to Kick – Bathtub Winemaking Project Day 6
Our whole bunch Shiraz ferment is starting to kick. Now it’s time to think about fermentation temperature & ongoing tannin management
Wild Fermentation & Foot Stomping Whole Bunches – The Bathtub Winemaking Project Day 3
It’s school holidays and that can mean only one thing, time to put the kids to work stomping grapes!
The 2017 Bathtub Winemaking Project is GO! Fruit is In!
Day 1 – After a long wait our Yarra Valley Shiraz is off the vine & in the winery!
We’ll be posting updates as the action happens. Stay Tuned!
Grape Sampling Time for the Bathtub Winemaking Project 2017
The Great Challenge … Finding the Perfect Time to Pick Your Grapes!
Véraison Explained in Less Time than it Would Take to Drink Half a Glass of Yummy Vino!
When the Colour Starts to Change we Know Vintage is Just Around the Corner!
The Vineyard Sessions #1 with Stuart Proud
Hitting the Vineyards to Find Out Just What it Takes to Grow a Yummy Grape at the very site Wine Decoded sources it’s fruit from for the Bathtub Winemaking Project!
The Art & Science of Tasting Ferments – Wine Decoded Shiraz
Tasting a fermenting wine goes against everything you’d do when drinking a finished wine!
Check out how we do it.