Nearly one year ago, on January 26th, we started a batch of wine. It was a kit wine we purchased because we were not able to buy grapes back in the fall of 2019.
The wine we started was a Cabernet-Merlot Blend. Kit wines usually are ready to bottle in about two months. We always let them go a little longer because they age better in bulk.
Today, we decided it was time to bottle.
My sister Stacey and her husband Craig have been in town since Friday and we invited them over, along with Mom to see the process.
Well, people coming over to the house means that Susan must prepare enough snacks and treats to feed a small vineyard. And tonight was to be no different.
We set 5:00 for the appointed time of the gathering. Susan made meatballs, cheese and crackers, and a salad.
At 4:45 we got the call from Stacey that Mom wasn't feeling great and would we be upset if they stayed with her. I told to stay with Mom since that's who she came to see anyway.
So we had a lovely meal of salad and meatballs. Yum!
We got to the bottling after we cleaned everything up and got 28 1/2 bottles. Everything went smoothly except for the occasional over fill.
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