Tonight Aaron bottled the wine he started on his birthday. After five steps he got 28 bottles of petite sirah zinfindel. I had fun picking out different colored seals to go over the corks.
And now we wait. It should be ready in 9 months!
We are both making use of a fun app called InstaPlace that locates where you are on your phone and add the location text to your photo.
There is also InstaWeather that adds the weather report to your photo, but that really didn't apply here.
I wanted to do something special for Aaron's birthday this year because he was so far away from home for his 35th birthday last year. I made reservations at Casa Vin'Arte - a spot in Fairport where you can go to make your own wine.
This is a pic of Aaron with his bucket o' soon to be wine. The tape says A-Ron but it looks like Ron Thompson. Ron Thompson - wine maker extraordinaire.
A bunch of our friends came to hang out, have charcuterie, drink wine and watch us make wine. Doesn't this picture look posed?
Paulette made a batch of wine too... Tina was her assistant.
It's a cool place. They have all the tools like sterilization equipment, and people to guide you through the process. It takes about 6 visits to complete the wine.
Slappin' the juice.
Taking the temperature. There is a lot of science to making wine.
I did a little stirring but stuck to the picture taking. More later on how Ron Thompson's wine turns out!
