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Notes From the
Vintner
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Welcome
to our column. We hope that you will return to
learn interesting notes on wine, and related
subjects. Wine is a great gift from God to be used
for the enjoyment of man. It is a food, and should
be treated as such. It is meant to lift up the body
and lighten the soul. 8/01/06
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How dry I
am… the
words form the vineyard… My vineyard and many others in
the state of Arkansas. Our crop was very, very small this
year. The people I buy grapes from had few or none to sell
this year. So production will be short.
Now we can cry in our wine, or we can go on with our life
and pray that next year will be great. This is life…the
good and the bad. The secret to a good life is to enjoy
living life, the trip itself, not the destination. So many
people do not enjoy life, but live life as if it was a job
that has to be done. Life has good time and bad…even
Christ the Lord had good times, and bad. So enjoy your life,
it is a wonderful trip and you can enjoy so many people on
the way. Just do not lose the important people in your
life.
I know that these notes are late, to be true full, they are
very late. So…..have a glass of wine and enjoy
them.
It is important to off set the lack of H2O in the grapes if
they are really more like raisins. But be careful that you
do not over replace the water. I have added about 32%
replacement water to grapes that were very stressed from the
heat. It is important to have a balance when doing so. Last
year I had to do this to my Cynthiana grapes, just as I had
to it again this year. Be sure to taste the juice…It is
your call as winemaker how to make the wine. You can use the
amount of juice to the weight of the grapes to see how much
the grapes are stressed.
This is my fifty-first year of making wine, and I can tell
you that a few of the years were the pits, but the majority
have been great. So let us take care of this years wine, and
plan on a great year to come.
Now lets enjoy some wine… “ When we crush next
year, we
need….”
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