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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$504Walmart Kit
WineMakingBatch03?Apple16-Oct-2005Primary Fermentation$10-Joy of Home Winemaking
WineMakingBatch04?Peach21-Oct-2005Primary Fermentation$5-Wonder Wine
WineMakingBatch05?Apricot28-Oct-2005First Racking$1742-Vintner's Harvest Fruit Wine Base

Equipment & Ingredients Total Cost:$379
Total Bottles of Wine:4 produced(40 projected)
Cost per Bottle:$95 actual($9.50 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.

2 Made using the Better-Bottle carboy system (WineMakingBetterBottle)

 

 

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.


Other Links I'm Using

Example Winemaking Log

 

   

 
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