Everything ultimately comes up wine around here. And wine… is good for the cellar. If I can ferment it, I’ll try to. I started making wine in 2001 when my dad had a stroke. As part of his rehabilitation, he and I spent a great deal of time together. It was the passing of the torch if you will. I learned everything he had to share and found myself taking it a notch further. My dad never liked to use the sulfites or fining agents. Anyone who knows anything about winemaking knows you can’t avoid them if you want to make a wine that everyone likes and more importantly, a wine that can develop into something special over time vs. turning into ‘cellar schwag.’ Here’s where I keep track of the efforts and I hope to share knowledge, start conversations… and maybe inspire. Talk back here, or on the Morgan Ranch Facebook group page.
More Winemaking Posts
Correcting oxidized wine
I wrote this blog back in 2010 originally. For the record, I haven’t had to deal with oxidized wine since that time. Recently, I’ve been asked about correcting a wine that …
Using Paper Chromatography to Monitor MLF in Wine
This year, I grabbed 300 pounds of Petite Sirah grapes. I’ve found that these single varietal dry reds use quite a different process than fruit wines. The vineyard will wait to …
A story of Petite Sirah, from the truck to the carboy
I hope to make wine from my own grapes one year, but until I do, I have to buy them. I’ve been growing grapes, planting a new row and variety …
How to measure acidity in wine using an acid titration kit
The home winemaker will typically use a basic acid titration kit to measure acidity in wine because other manners can be quite expensive. While not 100% accurate, it’s close… and …
Too much alcohol in that wine!
About everyone has heard me complain that my wine has too much alcohol. I should say *HAD* because I have refer to my latest wines as my “next generation” wines. …
Wine Grape Crush and Pickup in Loveland
Ran up to Loveland to pick up the first juice buckets that came in. I thought I’d take the camera and hand these folks back some images since I knew …
Made With Passion featured my wine making ‘Back to your Fruits’
Just had to get this logged on my site somewhere, right? Exerpt from write-up. Jason Morgan makes homemade wine in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, from homegrown grapes, fruit, and honey harvested from …
Make apple wine, a beginners guide to winemaking
A lot of people ask me questions about wine making and it frustrates me that I can’t give them a specific answer. The reason is because the answers are not always …