As I have mentioned in a previous post, we are getting ready move house and today’s job was to clear out the cupboard under the stairs. Since getting into beer brewing, I have not only given up on the wine-making but also lost track of all the finished wines that I had left to condiiton in said cupboard. My delight in rediscovering these dusty old bottles must had matched that of Tischendorf at St Catherine’s Monastery. Most have been there for several months or even years and are surely ready to drink by now. One of the things that puts people off making wine is the agonisingly long wait between bottling and drinking. But now, having forgotten all about them, I have a vast selection to get stuck into – over 60 bottles of the stuff!!!
One slight problem….. many of them are unlabelled and I can’t for the life of me remember what they are! Its funny – at the time labelling seems like such a faff and you think “I’m not stupid, I’ll remember what this is. Its not difficult”. But I realise now that is a schoolboy error. I have 2 batches of white and 2 batches red that are mystery wines. I know that one of the whites is the pineapple and one is the mead, but they have all gotten mixed up. I have no idea about the red. Perhaps I can work it out when I open them.
Perhaps a housewarming party in the new place will be a great way to identify them and make a dent in my stocks.