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Home Wine-making

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Napa Valley Grapes - Ready for Harvest
Napa Valley Grapes - Ready for Harvest		 Pinot Noir Grapes
Pinot Noir Grapes		 Transfer to Secondary Fermenter
Transfer to Secondary Fermenter		 Free Run Juice
Free Run Juice
Basket Press
Basket Press		 Free Run Juice
Free Run Juice		 Hand Pressing
Hand Pressing		 Breaking the Cake
Breaking the Cake
Filling Bottles
Filling Bottles		 Pinot Noir Grapes
Pinot Noir Grapes		 Primary Fermentation
Primary Fermentation		 Finished
Finished
The Cake
The Cake		 Punching Down the Cap
Punching Down the Cap		 Bill Jameson
Bill Jameson		 Crushing 2005 Pinot Noir
Crushing 2005 Pinot Noir
Wine-making as a Family Activity
Wine-making as a Family Activity		 Primary Fermentation after 1 Week
Primary Fermentation after 1 Week		 Press Juice
Press Juice		 Free Run Juice - Into the Press
Free Run Juice - Into the Press
The Crew for the 2005 Pressing
The Crew for the 2005 Pressing		 Pinot Noir Grapes at Johnsons Winery
Pinot Noir Grapes at Johnsons Winery		 Tim, Bob, Steve
Tim, Bob, Steve		 Carole & Bill
Carole & Bill
Pinot Noir Grapes
Pinot Noir Grapes		 Blue Oak Winery
Blue Oak Winery		 Flowing Wine
Flowing Wine		 Removing Basket from Pressed Cake
Removing Basket from Pressed Cake
Crushing 2005 Pinot Noir 2
Crushing 2005 Pinot Noir 2		 Ready to Press
Ready to Press		 Free Run Juice & Grapes
Free Run Juice & Grapes		 Almost Ready to Press
Almost Ready to Press
Pressed Cake
Pressed Cake		 Clear Pressed Juice
Clear Pressed Juice		 Flowing Juice During Pressing
Flowing Juice During Pressing		 Hands in Press
Hands in Press

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Dr. Richard Gardner 13-Jun-2006 19:55
Thanks to all the winemakers from Turkey who have visited this gallery recently and thank you for your comments. I enjoy visits from other winemakers. If you ever visit the USA in the San Francisco area, I'm sure you would enjoy a trip to Napa and Sonoma valleys near San Francisco. Napa and Sonoma are in the premier grape growing and wine making region of California. Perhaps we could even share a bottle of wine together. Sherefe!
Bahar Yaka 09-Jun-2006 14:16
I'm a member of Homewinemakers Group from Turkey. I drink my wine around 4 years. Unfortunately I made it alone every year. I wish I was taste your wines... Best Regards,
Bahar
Guest 08-Jun-2006 16:44
Richard,

I am very muchimpressed by your gallery since we are doing similar activities, as members of a group of homewinemaker.

I have just forwarded your adress to our internet Group; EvdeSarap@yahoogroups.com which has some 800 members( Evde Sarap means Home Winemaking in Turkish Language ).

Erhan Yurut
Michael Tauber 13-May-2006 15:03
Highly creative, simple and fascinating gallery
Yvonne 09-Jan-2006 04:22
What a fantastic gallery - superb!!!
Dr. Richard Gardner 05-Oct-2005 02:21
Elmo, The wine labels were designed by myself and a designer working together. They are simple, and I hope, elegant. See the photo titled "Finished". Regards, Richard
Elmo 04-Oct-2005 22:31
Thanks for the answers.
All those colors are wonderful. Did you design the label yourself? what is it like? Some people here collect labels (some are pieces of art!!!)
Dr. Richard Gardner 01-Oct-2005 00:42
Elmo, Thanks for the comments. All the wine making activities happen in our back yard in San Jose, California. The grapes usually come from Napa or Sonoma. We don't sell the wine due to the fact that we never took out a license, but we have won some awards, and we do have some good parties. Our labels say "Blue Oak Winery" because we do the wine making under a big old Blue Oak tree (Quercus douglasii). Regards, Richard
Elmo 30-Sep-2005 21:04
Hum... I can almost smell the nice bouquet of the juice. That's a great gallery full of colors and instructive. May I ask you were was this taking place? You have a great equipment.
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