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The Fellowship of Winemaking – Part 2

Saturday dawned, the day to finally bottle the wine. Well-fed from the previous night’s dinner and feeling refreshed from a good night’s sleep, the brave adventurers Mary and Susan were hopeful even as they ventured to the dark dusty basement in search of the winemaking supplies.

Dank basement wine supplies

Eerie basement, where wine supplies were hidden

They encountered previously cleaned bottles without labels, a welcome discovery that would save hours of scraping and scrubbing. Two cases were chosen and brought out for sanitization in a bleach solution.

Su cleaning bottles

Su cleaning bottles

The bottles were left to dry while the adventurers hiked miles in the woods, up and down hills and around a swamp. (Editors note: Poetic license granted because we really did hike, and it lends drama to the story, even though hiking wasn’t actually a requirement of winemaking.) Finally they returned home after a long day, debating whether they were up to the task at hand. Fortunately the wizard Beej suddenly appeared to offer his sage advice and help. He began mixing a potion to help discern the best path forward. (Ok, it was mixing the two kinds of wine to figure out whether a blend tasted better, but bear with us here.) Carefully he measured the ingredients.

Brian titrating the wine blend

Brian titrating the wine blend

The threesome agreed that the blend of 2/3 apple with Champagne yeast and 1/3 spiced apple was better than the plain apple, and besides it would leave several bottles of pure spiced wine, a signature of the Fellowship, as a tasty novelty apertif. Beej then disappeared as quickly as he had appeared, and the adventurers set to work bottling the wine.

Su bottling wine

Su bottling wine

Then it was time for the final step – Susan made makeshift labels while Mary corked the bottles to seal in the delicious cargo.

Mary corking bottles

Mary corking bottles

The two friends smiled and admired the fruits of their labor. As Mary departed the next day for the next stop on her journey, the adventurers promised to meet again soon.

Mary and Su with wine 2010

Mary and Su with wine 2010

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Comment from Sarah San Clemente
Time: December 27, 2010, 3:27 pm

boy howdy Su, your hair is super cute! =0)

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