Vanderbrew

Well, we just laid down 24 bottles of zinfandel. We started the wine back on 9/25 and it had been in the secondary fermenter since 10/8.

We actually got 24 bottles, 3/4 bottle and a pint out of our batch. Amber and I washed and sanitized 24 bottles. When they were all filled I pulled out a pint glass and started to collect the extra for tasting. Pretty soon, the pint glass was full and there was still quite a bit of wine left in the fermenter.

I tasted (am tasting) the wine in the pint glass and it’s pretty good. Could stand a bit more aging, but definitely drinkable. I figured, what the heck, and grabbed another bottle which I gave a quick wash and sanitize to. Then filled it with the rest of the wine (3/4 full), stuffed a cork in it and put it in the fridge (yes, I know red doesn’t belong in the fridge). We’ll keep it there and drink it some time this week.

It looks really good in the wine rack that we put in our master closet (hey it’s a walk in and stays a nice moderate temperature, plus we can close the door and keep light out). I’m looking forward to being able to pull out a bottle in the future.

This is definitely something we’ll do again.