Growing grapes and making wine in Bellevue
Posted in cranberry wine, wineries on Jan 7th, 2008
Vote For Washington Winemaker! Grapeseek is a directory of grape and wine related links, and they are having a vote for their top ten. I would love it if you voted for Washington Winemaker. Click here to cast your vote. I was thinking about cranberry wine a few weeks ago, and mentioned that a local [...]
Posted in commercial wine, cranberry wine, winemaking on Dec 14th, 2007
I just found out that a commercial winery in Washington made a cranberry wine. They were faced with the same high acidity that I discussed a few days ago, and we both used a similar approach to deal with it. They blended with Chardonnay (20% cranberry and 80% Chardonnay), while I “blended” with water (25% [...]
Posted in cranberry wine on Dec 13th, 2007
I noticed some cranberry juice concentrate on sale the other day, and since I’m thinking about making cranberry wine I bought some. Can you make wine from cranberry juice concentrate? Yes, but “cranberry wine” might not be the best way to describe it. Most cranberry juice products are cocktails that contain cranberry juice. This frozen [...]
Posted in cranberry wine, ingredients, winemaking on Dec 12th, 2007
Cranberries are high in acid and pectin, but low in sugar. Why cranberries are difficult to make wine from and what you can do about it.