We arranged the solar panel payment to Nick; internet banking is so simple, although we actually did it by phone, as we haven’t got a secure internet connection, we literally phoned up, gave a few security answers and transferred the money – took 5 mins.
We went into Castelo Branco for supplies and to meet up with Pam and Mark to buy the next bits of equipment for the wine making. We are now the, joint, proud owners of a 250L, airtight, stainless steel cylinder (fitted with an air lock) and a fruit press.
Tomorrow we will rack off the wine, pressing out the juice from the cap, and then the wine will spend the next few months in the cylinder. However, when we went into the shed with the wine in it Brett said it smelt like vinegar!!!!!!!!!!!! (I still can’t smell anything); we’re hoping that this is the smell from the cap, as we have stopped stirring as per the instructions we’re following (though earlier in the instructions it warned that you had to keep stirring the cap in or it would turn sour!), otherwise we have an awful lot of very expensive (about 3€/L) wine vinegar. And I also feel guilty about Pam and Mark having an awful lot of very expensive wine vinegar too. Still we should be able to make some lovely chutneys and pickles, if it comes to that. Oh I do hope it’s just the cap smelling; I made Brett smell and taste the wine under the cap – he says that just tastes like wine. We’ll see what happens in the morning.
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