Sweet Freedom has been bottled!

Finished and corked (didn't realize the pic was that blurry!)


Finished bottling...onto the next step.


This is the carboy that our wine has been aging in the last few weeks.


The first few bottles...looks yummy!


Here are our beautiful, empty, clean bottles just waiting to be filled with Sweet Freedom..


If only...but we did manage to bottle our late harvest Riesling which we named Sweet Freedom. Got a few pics during the process...was lots of fun and we look forward to our next batch. We're thinking Australian Shiraz, but haven't decided yet. School is fine, only 4 more weeks. Work is keeping me busy. I worked Monday and I work today, tomorrow and Sat. Whew! It's early and I need to get ready for work, but wanted to post about Sweet Freedom for my 2-3 followers! Hope you all had a wonderful 4th!

Wine Update

Just read back over previous posts and realized I never posted that we are making some REAL wine! The 'homemade wine' I spoke about back in May was literally 100% real fruit juice and wine yeast...some little quickie version we found on the internet and decided we had to try it (only cost $4 total)! Drinkable, not the worst we've had. However, on May 27th we began work on our latest masterpiece. Washington Valley Late Harvest Riesling...30 bottles of it! We invested in the correct equipment and quality wine grape juice and additives...Next week we'll be bottling and it'll be ready about 1-2 months after that. Woo Hoo! I'll let you know how that turns out...and if you live close enough for a visit, you might just get to try some. :)

Busy, busy, busy...

Sorry it's been a while, but since I'm updating from work on my lunch I think the title says it all. Between school, work, Farm Town (if you have FB, you may also be an addict) and having some fun, I haven't taken the time to update. All is well...tonight after work we're heading down to Oneonta because my lil' step-sis, Mary Beth, is getting married. Her shower is tomorrow. So since I couldn't make it down for Father's Day, I'll get a two-for-one visit! Our wine should be ready for bottling the middle of next week (super cool!) Just 6 more weeks of class, then I start Nursing courses on Aug 31. Can't believe the summer is 1/2 over already! That's it for now...gotta eat and get back to it. Happy Saturday!