Essex County Wine Report

Cider Update

2009-11-13T01:37:50Z

Just finished racking my cider and of course tasting it. I was exceptionally careful in mixing the apple types (yeah right....it didn't quite work the way I thought it would) so the apple distribution has no effect. Champagne yeast is the gold s...

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November 11

2009-11-10T22:47:46Z

Please follow the link and see/hear this music video. Only a person from the east coast could be so right. http://www.terry-kelly.com/pittance/pittance_en.htm Our Appellations, Lake Erie North Shore and Pelee Island are the home of the Essex S...

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Syrah for All

2009-11-08T17:28:05Z

I always find it odd when local wine geeks refuse to try local wine, but are so quick to buy from any new wine region which the lickbo is promoting. True our region only has a limited number of wineries with limited to no support from lickbo or t...

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CIC More Stuff

2009-10-31T15:03:35Z

Since I see alot of my readers are not from Ontario I would like to add a little to the Cellared in Canada post. CIC wines are blends of up to 70% foreign wine and 30% local juice. The odd thing is is that the only wineries allowed to make it ...

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Cider Update

2009-10-26T02:17:54Z

Cider is going good....bubbling away still isn't clearing but that's ok racking soon

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Random Thoughts

2009-10-26T02:14:41Z

The harvest should be done and yet alot of grapes remain unsold. The current system is just basically wrong. Most wine lovers want Cellared in Canada wines to be boycotted and the program cancelled. The problem with this is that the impact on ...

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Cider Day Pictures

2009-10-20T00:30:44Z

Here the are and thanks again Gary We had a great time and the cider is doing great!! what is neat is that all look different...the color of the cap...the density its neat...t-10 months thank you Gary for all the help

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Cider Day!!!

2009-10-19T01:25:32Z

Sorry I haven't posted lately but I had been prepping for Cider Day!!!! That involves moving the press (it must weigh 300 lbs!!!), cleaning it, testing it, procuring apples, cleaning all implements, buying beer (bribes helpers) and then the day c...

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Pinot of Note

2009-10-18T22:43:02Z

Pinot. There is a wine that says it all and nothing. In its best form there isn't alot of fruit or simply no fruit. Secondary flavours predominate: forest floor, mushrooms, and that weird note....barnyard. Why do I want my wine to smell of poop. ...

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Le Poulet est devine!!!

2009-10-11T16:31:43Z

Well, Happy Thanksgiving to all. It's been a tough year, but I think we all have things to be thankful for. This year for me has been very tough, but I have Terry and “that is a good thing”. Friday night we got the call that our 'bootleg' chi...

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