This is a LOT more than I expected to make. Seriously. Granted I bought new barrels and corny kegs for topping up but the carboys were NOT part of the plan. I read a bunch of notes and articles about making great wines and many of them said Petite Verdot was a magic bullet to those. While I was there picking 100 pounds of Petite Verdot, I figure picking another 150 pounds of Malbce was another smart choice. Winemakers everywhere say you should keep Malbec on hand at all times if for blending if nothing else.

Oh, and the Zinfandel Rose was a complete blind-sided surprise. I didn't expect to make one but the red Zinfandel required plenty of bleed off and its not like I'm just going to dump the juice... and thus a Rose was in the making. Thank goodness I had a stainless steel tank to contain all the juice. Otherwise, that would have been consumed carboy than I own.

Let the aging BEGIN!