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This blog is a record of the wine that I make and drink. Each flavour made and each bottle drunk will appear here. You may come to the conclusion that, on the whole, I should be drinking less.

Friday, 30 October 2020

Blackberry Wine 2019 - Fourth Bottle (C6), 18th October 2020

I am enjoying this vintage of blackberry wine. It is the correct level of sweetness, is definitely a 'red' wine and maintains a strong bramble taste. It went nicely with Nigel Slater's recipe for Fatty Pork & Lentils, which I cooked whilst Claire was having a viola lesson.

This morning was spent stealing a march on my return to work tomorrow after a week's holiday. I needed a solid 4 hours without phones ringing to reduce 220 emails to 16 undealt with - and that is pretty efficient. My afternoon involved exploring the graveyard of Roundhay St John's Church.

Roundhay St John's Church


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4 comments:

  1. Ange12 November 2020 at 10:45

    The wine sounds perfect and the photo is amazing!

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    1. Ben Hardy12 November 2020 at 11:08

      Thank you so much, Ange. The photo has been edited (using Snapseed - a fabulous App for turning dull photos good), but I was quite pleased with it. Blackberry wine is one of my very favourites.

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  2. Ange13 November 2020 at 13:45

    Hi Ben will definitely have a look at the Snapseed.
    Keep the blogs coming, love them.
    My blackberry this year ( just done the first racking) is quite dry, how's yours doing.
    Have a good weekend,
    Ange

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    1. Ben Hardy14 November 2020 at 18:31

      Hello Ange, and thank you. I racked my blackberry on 9 October, and my notes say 'tasted promising'. I can't actually remember. I did add some extra sugar but not very much.

      So far, my weekend is being dank and lethargic. Hope yours is going better.

      Ben

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