Stirring the wine.

So right now the main activity is stirring the wine.  Every Monday and Thursday I mix it up.  This really isn't that exciting, so the post will be short.  We tasted the wine last week, it tastes like really young wine but is starting to develop some flavors.  Currently both the Syrah and Tempranillo are undergoing Malo-Lactic fermentation.  This lasts at most three months.

Shortly we will also add in some oak chips to impart the oak flavor we are looking for.  We need just a pound for all four carboys as each five gallon take 4-5 ounces.  Thus Nate and I have been looking on the internet for different oak chip or oak cube options.  We debated on racking the wine again as the lees are still fairly prominent, but decided against it.

In other news, Paty and I are heading to Argentina on Thursday for a couple of weeks.  So this space will become somewhat of a travel blog again for the next few weeks.  If you do not want to read my somewhat entertaining prose about life, football, scenic vistas, food, waterfalls, soccer and wine in Argentina then all you have to do is sort by tags.  The Chris and Nate make wine portion of this blog is all tagged Winemaking.  So you can click on that tag and ignore the rest if you must.

Cheers!