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australian mataro-shiraz

The short guy and I just mixed up a batch of vino (he likes to stir). The wine kit maker seems to have changed their directions from years past (either that, or I haven’t been paying enough attention), so I’m going to change some of my methods as well. This will allow us to rack the wine less (the worst part of wine-making is racking the wine) and we’ll also skip the carboy-aging and just age it in the bottle longer. We’ll see how that turns out–in about a year. I’ll let you know. Hell, I might even give you a bottle.

Jake might only be one quarter Italian, but he’s obviously going down the right track–he’s out in the kitchen making pasta while I’m blogging. Time for supper!