Summary – the year 2018, 2nd half in the basement
I completely neglected my blog entries in the second half of 2018 and here a good portion of shame belongs on my head. And I could now find a number of excuses for not keeping the blog up to date, but it’s very simple: I just didn’t take the time, other things have been given priority. […]
03/15/2018 – Finally stable or “off the road to sulfur-stable wine”
Sometimes you’re not in control of your situation. Who does not know that? Things just don’t go the way you want them to. And that’s how it is with wine and its development. In addition to the developments that you like to see in your wine, there are sudden character traits that suddenly surprise you, like in the […]
02/25/2018 – Ice wine – with a difference!
Everyone thinks ice wine is great. It’s not mine, I’m not that into cute. Rather dry. Nevertheless, I had to make something like ice wine. But not in the traditional sense. For me this year, ice wine meant being able to naturally remove acid from the wine. If you cool the wine down extremely, cream of tartar precipitates […]
09/23/17 – It continues in the basement
Thankfully, we still had active support here, which is very helpful in the work of destemming, since the processing of the grapes should take place very quickly. The Pinot Blanc was destemmed and macerated for a few hours, then it was the turn of the Pinot Noir so as not to lose color in the […]
09/15/17 – fermentation tour
This year I wanted to have more security in the fermentation process. This requires cooling. Good advice was expensive there. Professional wineries work with special tanks that are double-walled. Cool water is then passed through this layer and the wine is kept at the right temperature. Almost a clean thing. Control via a device that constantly takes the temperature via […]
04/07/2018 – Pheromones
It stinks. Huge even. So the pheromones. And by that I mean those weird red spaghetti. If you’ve ever walked through the vines when it’s finally getting warmer in spring, you’ll sometimes come across mass hikes by motivated winegrowers. Most carry a small basket and some come with gloves. Warmth and gloves might seem like an […]
02/24/2018 – The clearing (Part II)
… I thought last week that it’ll be done very quickly today. It hasn’t rained all week, it should be drier, so we wouldn’t even need rubber boots, even though we had packed them to be on the safe side. (The devil is a squirrel and who doesn’t know that better than me when it comes […]
02/18/2018 – The clearing (part I)
To be honest, I had imagined Rebenroden differently. Namely like this: A machine comes and pulls out the vines, followed by a relaxed walk through the Rebstückle and collecting the vines that have now been pulled out. Well, as always… far from it. Expectation management is what they call it in project management language, and I can […]
09/23/17 – autumns ff.
Autumn was the order of the day, with numerous helpers and, of course, food. I had already pre-ordered it for Thursdays during the week, it was supposed to be hot meatloaf with potato salad. Our helpers include good friends, neighbors, old work colleagues and those who are interested. Having gotten smarter over the past few […]
15.09.17 – autumns
This year it all started with the Muskateller. Full of anticipation, but knowing that the frost in spring had taken a lot from us this year after the warm March. However, even I had not believed that it was so much. The three of us lined up at a Rebstück in Markgräflerland, which is better […]
