CITY FOLKS.
Greetings from LOUISVILLE! Jesse and I are spending a few days in one of our favorite cities (we spent a pretty special day here last year). We are so thankful to Jesse's dear mother for farm-sitting for us and allowing us a worry free, mini vacation! We will be back to posting soon, with a recap of our trip AND yet another new addition to the Rough Draft family (Yup....more animals).
BOTTLING.
Blackberry season proved to be rather fruitful this year, if I may be allowed a mildly over-literal statement. But we ended up with four different batches of wine with at least some percentage of blackberries involved: mulberry/blackberry, blackberry/blueberry, blackberry, and a surprisingly funky blackberry/beet wine.Wednesday, I decided to bottle what I could.I love natural grape wine––I do––but there is nothing quite like the variety of hues, aromas and flavors of these country wines. Although all the batches have seemed drier than last year's blackberry wines, I'm impressed with how well they survived the heat waves (literally fermenting in our non-air-conditioned house), and how much potential they are already showing. Needless to say, Hannah and I are definitely looking forward to some tasty dinner pairings this winter!- Jesse.
WENDELL WEDNESDAY.
After a two week break (doctor's orders), Wendell was back to his daily swimming routine today. Happy dog.
DOUBLE BOOKED.
In addition to our lovely little blog, Jesse is happy to have joined the team over at Sustainable Kentucky! He will be contributing an article each month dealing with fermentation - pickles, wine, beer, kimchi, kombucha....you name it! Be sure to check out his first article here, and leave him some comments about what you'd like to see in his future posts!- Hannah.
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