stevie1556 said:Review of 10W.
I received my bottle of wine this morning. Came extremely well packed in a cardboard tube with packing peanuts. The only thing wrong is the coke bottle had the name Ryan on, my name is Steve :lol:
The wine was chilled down in the fridge straight away, and I opened it while lighting the BBQ this evening. I had a note with the bottle saying it was a WOW style wine (I mostly make them myself and personally I absolutely love them!), so that was good. The wine was very clear when I poured it into the glass, however, I found it quite dry and crisp. Personally I like medium-sweet wines so I added a bit of lemonade (I'm sorry, I know it's like blasphemy!). Even when I tried the wine without lemonade, it didn't have any harshness to it so I'm guessing it's been aged at least 2-3 months, and was a very fine tipple.
All in all, I'm extremely happy to have received a really nice wine, no harshness to it, great clarity and very very drinkable.
I'm going to take a guess and say it was a red grape juice and cranberry style WOW. I'm only guessing at that since made one myself (which I loved) which I think tasted very similar.
Many thanks to the person that sent it, I really enjoyed it! So much so, I had finished the whole bottle before the food had even cooked on the BBQ! You should be proud of that wine! :
alanywiseman said:This would be my wine :thumb:
Thanks for the very kind review. It is a Merlot, Apple and Blackberry WOW Style Wine. The gravity for this sits at 0.992 but I like my wines drye but I understand that not everyone does so i will forgive you for adding lemonade :lol: It was bottled on the 10th April so has been maturing for 3 months.
I have to say I was very pleased with this one, I do think the merlot grape juice adds more flavour compared to the bog standard RGJ and for me is worth the extra price.
Thanks again Steve for the kind review, I will make sure next time that it is your name on the coke bottle though :lol: :lol:
ubewty said:Hi Bob, thanks for the kind feedback about my wine, 8W. I'm new to wine making so it's encouraging that you didn't feel the need to pour it away :thumb:
The wine was only my third attempt and i followed standard WOW practices pretty much to the letter.
1L White Grape Juice
1L Lidl Tropical Fruit Juice
800G Sugar
1 Mug Strong Tea
1tsp Glycerine
1tsp Pectolase
1 tsp yeast nutrient
1 tsp yeast
I used potassium sorbate and a campden tablet to finish off the yeast before it became dry as a bone. I then used bentonite to fine it (which took ages, i seem to be finding this with every wine i've made that contains even the tiniest amount of pineapple!! :) ). I started it on 13th April and it's been bottled for about 2 months.
I'm sorry i only sent you 500ml, it was the only plastic bottle i had to hand :) . Hopefully once the next wineswap comes around i'll be able to send you something more interesting, i'm gradually getting more confident with experimentation, and i promise a larger quantity
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