Yesterday morning we left the RV at 8:45 to go to the airport to begin our three months overseas. Rio Grand Valley to Dallas/Fort Worth, an easy 1 hour and 20 minute flight arriving on time. DFW to Frankfurt, Germany, an almost 10 hour […]
Author: robrose
Leaving on a Jet Plane
All our bags are packed, we’re ready to goThey’re standing here outside our doorWe’re wide awake and ready to flyThe dawn has come this beautiful mornOur rides awaitin’ and it ain’t no unicornSoon our plane will be floating in the skyThen she smiled at […]
Labeling Our Bottles of Homemade Wine
I design the labels for our wine, print them on our color laser printer using waterproof paper and attach them to the filled bottles. This type of glue stick works great if the entire back of the label is covered with glue. A form […]
Winemaking Equipment
Two pieces of equipment that make like easier for the home winemaker, a bottle tree and floor corker. We bottle 200 plus bottles a year and the floor corker is worth its proverbial weight in gold. On the days we bottle it takes about […]
Bagging Our Own Wine
Just finished bagging a batch of Island Mist Coconut Yuzu that my wife loves. We ended up with three 3 liter bags, two five liter bag and two 1.5 liter bottles from the kit. We always leave the bags on the floor for a […]