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Winemaking Challenges

Tatiana Dokuchic
@tatiana-dokuchic
8 years ago
1,889 posts

Winemaking Challenges

These Winemaking Challenges are open to all Queen's Hamlet Co-op Members. You must use ingredients that you've either grown yourself, purchased from a QH Farmer and/or purchased from the QH Co-op.

Please post pictures of your vinting success to verify your accomplishments.

Bronze Award

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You've heard the grape vines whispering your name and you've run to answer the call. Will you make grape juice, vinegar or a truly fine wine? Only time will tell. Here's the list of requirements for the Bronze Award.

  • Make one bowl of grapes
  • Make five barrels of wine (any quality excluding grape juice)
  • Label five barrels of wine with either the QH Co-op label or your own personally customized label.

Silver Award

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You're really starting to enjoy the fruits of your labours; continually refining your winemaking knowledge & process. You've also started to branch out into more exotic wines pressed from the lovely kalana fruit. Here's the list of requirements for the Silver Award.

  • Make ten barrels of fine quality (Reserve or Great Reserve) wine. You may include previous barrels (from the Bronze Award) in your total count.
  • Make one barrel of kalana wine (any quality)
  • Use the "bottler/labeller" to create two bottles of kalana wine from your barrel
  • Use the "bottler/labeller" to label your kalana wine



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Proprietress of Tatiana's Tea Room ~ Owner of the Provence Coeur Estate ~ Webmistress of this site

updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 20 Jul 2017 03:26:05PM
Tatiana Dokuchic
@tatiana-dokuchic
8 years ago
1,889 posts

Congratulations!! That's a lot of grape pressing :))




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Proprietress of Tatiana's Tea Room ~ Owner of the Provence Coeur Estate ~ Webmistress of this site
Bessie Hull
@satoharu-nakamura
8 years ago
41 posts

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the ka-la-na barrel is represented via the two bottles.

Tatiana Dokuchic
@tatiana-dokuchic
8 years ago
1,889 posts

Your wine cellar / basement looks great! Congrats on the Silver :)




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Proprietress of Tatiana's Tea Room ~ Owner of the Provence Coeur Estate ~ Webmistress of this site
Claire-Sophie de Rocoulle
@claire-sophie-de-rocoulle
8 years ago
112 posts

Silver

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If anyone wants me I will be in my new basement for the next few days..... building....

Claire-Sophie spins around in her basement singing I've got a Hangover wo oh

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Tatiana Dokuchic
@tatiana-dokuchic
8 years ago
1,889 posts

Silver Winemaking Challenge has been added! Have at it!!




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Proprietress of Tatiana's Tea Room ~ Owner of the Provence Coeur Estate ~ Webmistress of this site
Tatiana Dokuchic
@tatiana-dokuchic
8 years ago
1,889 posts

Nice! You even got some grand reserve :))




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Proprietress of Tatiana's Tea Room ~ Owner of the Provence Coeur Estate ~ Webmistress of this site
Bessie Hull
@satoharu-nakamura
8 years ago
41 posts

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So much wine and I know not who to drink it with!

Tatiana Dokuchic
@tatiana-dokuchic
8 years ago
1,889 posts

Congratulations!

Yes, the Hamlet grapes are extra special. Grown with love by a bunch of exacting individuals all working together :)




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Proprietress of Tatiana's Tea Room ~ Owner of the Provence Coeur Estate ~ Webmistress of this site
Lady Hartfield
@lady-hartfield
8 years ago
264 posts

Have spent a couple of weeks on this, it was a lot of fun to do. Really excited when one barrel turned out Grand Reserve; the others are all Reserve. There really must be something about the Hamlet grapes! :D

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Tatiana Dokuchic
@tatiana-dokuchic
8 years ago
1,889 posts

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And for the Bronze ... Four Barrels of Reserve and One Barrel of Great Reserve :)




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Proprietress of Tatiana's Tea Room ~ Owner of the Provence Coeur Estate ~ Webmistress of this site
Claire-Sophie de Rocoulle
@claire-sophie-de-rocoulle
8 years ago
112 posts

Ty - spent ages erasing bits off to make the alphas and three uploads to make sure it was in the centre of the barrel :D

And yey for my third Bronze \o/

Tatiana Dokuchic
@tatiana-dokuchic
8 years ago
1,889 posts

Excellent! Love your label :)

Bronze is on the way.




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Proprietress of Tatiana's Tea Room ~ Owner of the Provence Coeur Estate ~ Webmistress of this site
Claire-Sophie de Rocoulle
@claire-sophie-de-rocoulle
8 years ago
112 posts

Finally!! It was like watching paint dry but it's done :D

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Bessie Hull
@satoharu-nakamura
8 years ago
41 posts

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My first part of the challenge, a bowl of grapes earlier today.

Tatiana Dokuchic
@tatiana-dokuchic
8 years ago
1,889 posts

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Thought I'd better start recording my winemaking progress before I either drink it away or lose my barrels in inventory! For the record; two barrels of Reserve 2016 and a Bowl of Grapes.




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Proprietress of Tatiana's Tea Room ~ Owner of the Provence Coeur Estate ~ Webmistress of this site
Tatiana Dokuchic
@tatiana-dokuchic
8 years ago
1,889 posts

Yes, "post as you go" please. You can add the other photos as a reply to your original post so they will all be grouped together.

Nice start! You even got a barrel of reserve on the first try. That's because of the excellent care given to our Hamlet grapes :))




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Proprietress of Tatiana's Tea Room ~ Owner of the Provence Coeur Estate ~ Webmistress of this site
Una Lunaqat
@una-lunaqat
8 years ago
58 posts

Post as we go? Here is my start....

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Una (Unalunaqat Resident)
Madame D'Qat
Ferme sur Mer (Sea View Farm), Queen's Hamlet
Villa Toscana,LL, Rocca Sorrentina
Tatiana Dokuchic
@tatiana-dokuchic
8 years ago
1,889 posts

Winemaking Champions

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BRONZE AWARD:

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SILVER AWARD:




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Proprietress of Tatiana's Tea Room ~ Owner of the Provence Coeur Estate ~ Webmistress of this site

updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 18 Nov 2017 02:45:44PM
ardrhys
@ardrhys
7 years ago
16 posts

Tada!

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Tatiana Dokuchic
@tatiana-dokuchic
7 years ago
1,889 posts

Looking good, Ardrhys!  Congratulations :)

I'll forward your award inworld.




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Proprietress of Tatiana's Tea Room ~ Owner of the Provence Coeur Estate ~ Webmistress of this site
ardrhys
@ardrhys
7 years ago
16 posts

Hic!

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Tatiana Dokuchic
@tatiana-dokuchic
7 years ago
1,889 posts

Hope you haven't consumed it all waiting for your Silver Award, Ardrhys! ;)




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Proprietress of Tatiana's Tea Room ~ Owner of the Provence Coeur Estate ~ Webmistress of this site
Bessie Hull
@satoharu-nakamura
6 years ago
41 posts

Perhaps a new winemaking challenge for the new kind of winemaking?