The Bottling Project

As you know, the wine is done. We bottled it yesterday. This too was quite a project. Once again, we are used to all the technology that InVINtions has, and it was a lot different doing it the old fashioned way, on our own. But it was still fun and still an adventure. Midnight Malbec is finished and in the bottles.

Once again, Priscilla donated to this Argentine event by donating these beautiful glasses for us to use for our new wine making adventure.

Before bottling the wine, we racked it twice more and cleaned and sanitized all the bottles. We also soaked the corks in warm water for a few minutes.

Then we all gathered out on our back deck to let the bottling begin. It was definitely a group effort.

We found out that not all bottles are created equal. The juicer worked for some bottles, but not for others. So we put those aside and filled them with a funnel from the good bottles.

Once the bottles were filled, we corked them. Our little corker is a lot more difficult and challenging than InVINtions’ larger corker.

Once the bottles were corked, Bob put the foil toppers on and sealed them with his heat gun.

And …. SUCCESS!!!! Midnight Malbec is created and bottled. We are toasting our success for another fun and good day of wining adventures.

We were all very pleased with the results and the wine came out very good. We were all a little surprised at how good it did come out too, actually. In fact, we liked it so much, we have already purchased two more wine kits. One will be a chardonnay and the other a Pinot Noir. There is more wine making in our near future once again. Cheers! Slainte! Salud! A Votre Sante! Raise a glass in celebration.

Have a great day and make everyday great, and even better with a little wine. 🙂 Stay safe and stay well. ‘Til next time.

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Author: ajeanneinthekitchen

I have worked in the restaurant and catering industry for over 35 years. I attended 2 culinary schools in Southern California, and have a degree in culinary arts from the Southern California School of Culinary Arts, as well as a few other degrees in other areas. I love to cook and I love to feed people.

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  2. Firstly, the process of wine making seems daunting but really wasn’t. The results were pretty fantastic! However, Jeanne and Larry really did their research ahead of time and so things went very smoothly thanks to them. Secondly, Jeanne prepared an outstanding Argentinian meal to pair with our wine. We felt as though we were in a fine dining wine bistro!! Can’t say enough about the wonderful shared evening of friends and fun wining and dining!! More to come!!

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