A wine blog by Susannah Gold
I became a home winemaker in 2006. I ran out and bought all kinds of equipment at our local grape supplier, Corrados, and promptly did everything wrong. I pressed, racked and filtered the wine that year and used cultured yeast. I did not measure the sugars, I did not add sulphur, I put the wine... Continue Reading →
My adventures with my Super Teaneck wines made from Moscato and Zinfandel continued through December when I racked the wine off it's incredible amount of dead yeast cells or lees for the final time before bottling. I transferred the wine into bottles this past December according to my Gurus at Corrado's - my wine mecca.... Continue Reading →
Back in September I bought a host of materials to try my hand at home winemaking. This is not my first time trying to make wine at home but I am hoping to be more successful this time around. I first made wine in my home in 2006. It was not a huge hit but... Continue Reading →
Almost five years ago, I made my first vintage of a Super-Teaneck. I was so excited when I made the wine, pressing my own grapes adding selected yeast, racking it, refining it in oak and storing it, hoping for a miracle. Over the years, I have opened bottles here and there with mixed results. This... Continue Reading →
Shocking but true, the wine I made three years ago using a blend of Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon is actually drinkable. There really is something to be said about aging wines to let the tannins soften and the alcohol diminish. I was pleasantly surprised this evening when I opened a bottle. My wine label, I... Continue Reading →
Tonight, I get to see Bruce Springsteen do his thing in his "Hometown". I am so excited that I can't think about anything else. Tomorrow I hope to be more coherent and interesting. Today though, I'm just a Jersey Girl excited to hear all her favorite songs. Can you believe he's 60??? I guess it's... Continue Reading →
