Wine Goes Into The Fermenters

Today, three important things happened: we ate the first pea pod, Zoey got a new outfit, & I put the rose wine into jugs to start fermenting.


First, here is Zoey's fancy new leather collar:

On to the wine! When we last left our hero, it had been boiled, stirred, & left to sit for 4 days to gather wild yeast:

 

Today's first job was to strain out all the rose petals & fruit:

Then squeeze as much liquid out as possible:

I tasted the liquid -- fragrant sugar water! I also tasted the fruit & it was delicious, but obviously beyond sweet, having steeped in sugar water for four days.

After that step, it went straight into the fermenting jugs:

The corks & airlocks went on:

And off it went to ferment for three months:

I put it on top of the fridge, with its sauerkraut brother.

It's going to be a long three months.