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Cellar Dream-Come-True

Kevin10.2010Apple Wine, Charcuterie, Cheese, Dairy, Dry Cured Meats, From Local Farms, From the Cellar, Nature's Green Acres, Pork, Saucisson Sec, Smoky Valley Goat Cheese, Wine10 Comments

I knew when I built my wine and root cellars, that they would bring me joy – but I had no idea it would happen so thoroughly, so quickly. Today I made a batch of very, very large saucisson sec. It was time to try again after my last slightly hurtful failure, and the humidity in my cellar has been … Read More

FROM LOCAL FARMS – En Santé Organic Winery & Meadery

Kevin10.2010Apple Wine, From Local Farms, From Local Farms - The Series, From the Cellar, Highbush Cranberry Wine, Kevin TV, Saskatoon Wine, Wine4 Comments

A simple hard truth about living in Alberta: vinifera grapes don’t grow here. [yet]. As a self-professed wine snob, that hurts the feelings a little. For a time I felt pretty good considering the Okanagan valley ‘local enough’ to get my wines, but a recent drive reminded me that 14+ hours isn’t really all that local anymore. Not even all … Read More

Making Apple Wine

Kevin09.2010Apple Wine, Apples, From the Cellar, From the Garden, Fruit from the Yard, Wine, Wine Making23 Comments

I’d promised a video peek at how I’ve been making lovely apple wine from urban yard waste. Fortunately, Kristeva and Jessica volunteered to give me a hand, and they quickly jumped in and took over, allowing me to shoot a good portion of the process. If you have any questions about the details, ask in the comments. [And pardon the … Read More

Apple Wine 2010 – Round One

Kevin08.2010Apple Wine, Apples, From the Cellar, From the Garden, Fruit from the Yard, Wine, Wine Making7 Comments

So what could one possibly do with 300-400lbs of apples from your yard – or perhaps your neighbor’s yard?! How much apple sauce or apple pie does one need? I propose the following solution: wine. My current estimate is that it takes about an hour to convert 100 lbs of apples into a carboy of juice – or about 2 … Read More

Apple Harvest 2010: Round One

Kevin08.2010Apple Wine, Apples, From the Cellar, From the Garden, Fruit from the Yard, Wine, Wine Making5 Comments

Good things come to those who ask. This spring, I was picking up some kijiji-found-cinder-blocks, and the folks who had the blocks happened to have inherited a city lot with an INSANE amount of fruit trees on it. So I asked. And today I received. A few hundred pounds of apples, which dented about 3/4 of one of their trees … Read More

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