To celebrate my dad's 60th birthday, the Jansen children got together and purchased an evening at Water 2 Wine. This is a local wine bar near my parents' house. They have monthly tastings, happy hours, and make-your-own-wine packages.Last night we completed Part 1 of making our own wine. Brad and Jayne are in town for the week so it was perfect timing. We started with a little happy hour and tasted a few of the different options we could make. Preggo Jayne had sparkling peach juice.
The birthday boy decided on a cabernet, so we headed into the "Chemistry Lab" to begin turning water into wine.Mark and Brad added reverse osmosis water...
Wes added oak chips...
And Jayne made us official vintners with the addition of the yeast...
And this is where our five gallon bucket filled with six gallons of wine will sit for the next forty-five days...
In the meantime, we will create our own wine name and labels. Stay tuned for Part 2. We will go back to bottle, label, cork, and of course, taste twenty-nine bottles of our creation.
3 comments:
Cool pictures my friend! Looks like a lot of fun. we enjoyed our wine from Water 2 Wine tonight for dinner! Awesome place.
Gwen
Wow, Wes wore a white shirt. That is a bold move if I do say so myself. Good work. That take talent.
That was such a great present you guys! Barb and I are so blessed that we get to enjoy times like this with our family!
Dad
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