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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.

|{ cellpadding=2 border=1 cellspacing=0 width=100% nowrap=1 }{ bgcolor=gray style=color:white} __Batch__ | __Type__ | __Started__ | __Status__ | __Cost^^1^^__ | __Bottles__ | __Note__ |
| WineMakingBatch01 | Grenache Rose | 06-Oct-2005 | Second Racking | $140 | - | Alexander's Concentrate |
| WineMakingBatch02 | Merlot | 11-Oct-2005 | Bottled 11-Nov-2005 | $50 | 4 | ["Walmart Kit" WineMakingPersonalJourney#PresentDay] |
| WineMakingBatch03 | Apple | 16-Oct-2005 | Primary Fermentation | $10 | - | ["Joy of Home Winemaking" http://www.joyofwine.net/wine101.htm] |
| WineMakingBatch04 | Peach | 21-Oct-2005 | Primary Fermentation | $5 | - | ["Wonder Wine" http://www.wonderwine.com] |
| WineMakingBatch05 | Apricot | 28-Oct-2005 | First Racking | $174^^__2__^^ | - | Vintner's Harvest Fruit Wine Base |

|{ cellpadding=2 border=0 cellspacing=2 nowrap=1 }{ align=right} __Equipment & Ingredients Total Cost:__ |{ align=left colspan=2 } $379 |
|{ align=right} __Total Bottles of Wine:__ | 4 produced | (40 projected) |
|{ align=right} __Cost per Bottle:__ | $95 actual | ($9.50 projected) |

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^^__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)

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!!Recommended Links
["Jack Keller's Wine Making Homepage" http://winemaking.jackkeller.net] %%%
A very well done website covering every aspect of winemaking in technical detail. Loads of information. He's also very good at answering ["questions" WineMakingQuestion] and has a useful and interesting ["blog" http://www.homebrew.com/wine_cellar/wineblog.shtml].

["The Southampton Wine Making Pages" http://www.thewinepages.org.uk] %%%
A more irreverent look at winemaking. Reminding us all that we sometimes take ourselves way too seriously.

["The Joy of Home Winemaking" http://www.joyofwine.net] %%%
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" http://www.better-bottle.com] %%%
One of the few complete systems designed for winemaking. See my observations ["here" WineMakingBetterBottle].

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!!Other Links I'm Using
["Example Winemaking Log" http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/log.asp]
 

 
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