It has been a big week for us at Class to Glass, as we proudly blended and bottled our 2017 Teachers’ Pet Shiraz. Our first vintage! On Reflection…. Winemaking is more of a vocation than a hobby to us. What started as a collection of impulse purchases at our local …
Fermentation findings
This week Andi and I attended a workshop called ‘Lifting the lid on fermentation’. It gave us some fascinating insights into what happened in our Teachers Pet ferment earlier in the year. We allowed our ferment to start naturally, using the ‘natural’ yeast which was present in order to get …
New chums in wine
Andi has a crazy busy week this week so I’m standing in for the usual weekly post. I thought I’d write a little about what we’ve been up to recently. We’ve met some new friends who are on a similar journey to us but who are taking a different approach. …
A Noisy Ritual – You’ll wish you thought of this
Noisy Ritual Whilst researching options for setting up our dream business, we considered a number of criteria. I wanted the option of making wine but I’m not quite ready to move hours out of the city into the countryside. Whilst pondering this, I discovered an urban winery called Noisy Ritual. Urban …
Teachers’ Pet Shiraz – Part 3 The Press
After last week’s fermentation had finished, we were ready for The Press The Press Our wine has been tested twice daily to determine when the sugars have all been fermented to lovely booze. It is amazing how fast the yeast work their magic; the sugar dropped dramatically over a few short days. A …
Teachers’ Pet Shiraz – Part 2 Fermentation
Well what a week it has been! More strange and unusual gasses than normal have been permeating the Davison apartment (and the rest of the apartment block too!) Some unknown lifeforms were encountered, some creative differences experienced and finally some seriously vigorous fermentation happening! Part 2 Now you may remember …
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