Wed, 12:04
: Mom is here. We're bottling approx. 100 bottles of sherry today. Most are dry, 19% alcohol. About 15 bottles will be 16% sweet sherry.
Wed, 12:06
: This is the culmination of a year of aging in the carboys. Only one carboy in 5 produced the sweet sherry that needed no blending.
Wed, 12:08
: The remaining 4 carboys finished drier. I fortified the combined wine with Alcool and white rum. Has a very delicate flavour, very clear.
Wed, 12:09
: We aren't adding sugar to the fortified sherry.
Wed, 12:10
: I may not be very sensible if I tweet later. Wine tasting, you know.
Published on August 15, 2012 09:16