Making Wine

 We lucked into about 80 pounds of grapes this fall from some folks we met on a gallery stroll one evening and decided to try our hand at making wine. It's a long process (about a year and a half from first fermentation to drinking), but our main goal is just to have something drinkable at the end. We've made it through the crushing, primary fermentation, and pressing stages with the help of our new bffs at the Beer Nut, and are now waiting on secondary fermentation to wrap up before starting the first long settling stage. So far so good, but I'm sure we'll never know how close we've already come to ruining the whole process (and poisoning ourselves). The grapes were a mix of red and white, which is why the wine is pinkish.

 

 Pressing the wine after primary fermentation and getting ready for secondary fermentation.