Saturday, February 7, 2009

Winter, my favourite time of year....

I have been waiting to take some more pictures of winter. Today would have been good or last week, but no, keep forgetting the camera.
Last weekend, Sunday afternoon till Monday night we spend at Chrystal Palace in Moncton. We took Caleb and Damaris. And Tineke went as well with Cassie and Aaron. we had an absolute blast and were sure tired when we got home.
Did some snowmobiling on the trail with Rebecca last Saturday afternoon. The trails were good. Then another snowstorm Wednesday with about a foot of snow, just too bad I got the flu and don't remember most of it. No energy at all. Today it is finaly coming around, not so tired anymore. Enough energy to go for another sledrun today. It was very busy on the trails. Lots of snowmobiles out. Some broke down, (Artic Cat)of course. Went with Pete, Rebecca & Tim, and Damaris on the back with me. Sorry, no pictures, but what a beautifull day for it. Should sleep good tonight.
Tomorrow's weather calls for above zero temperatures. Hope that the it doesn't get too warm.
On the other front, I did finaly bottle my first two batches of wine. Thirty bottles of white wine, Gewurtztraminer, and thirty of red wine, Cabernet Sauvignon. Very tasty if I may say so. Hope you will come over and try one of them some day. I do have some pictures on my camera of the winemaking procedure. So I can add a few of those. It is just not the same without pictures.This is what the wine looked like in the carboy(glass bottle), just before bottling.
And in the glass, it was goood too, :)
And after bottling, impressed yet? Wait till you taste it.First carboy of red wine.
Filtering the wine from one carboy into another one. To make it just right.And finaly bottling with the help of Damaris, my main bottle filler. Not so much up for taste testing however..........

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mr Nieuwhof! Some serious talking needs to be done after reading this! Where does this sudden affection of wine come from??? What's wrong with a Corona??? And inviting people to come and taste your product sounds like trying to lure them away from Corona's as well. I must strongly object to this! Your set up looks quite professional though, altough the quantities look slightly worrying, I see headaches around the corner... Very good to hear that you are making good use of the snowmobiles again this year, will take another look at last year's pic's and will silently weep in my little corner....Greetings to all, and do stock up on Tylonol for all those upcoming headaches...

The Nieuwhofs said...

Hallo Andre,
Still like Corona, it is just a lot harder to make. And the headaches, Tylenol seems like a good idea. Bedankt voor de snode opmerkingen. Rinze

sugarnuggets said...

I DO hope you will save a bottle of the red for August, so I plan to take up on your invitation. I love Cabernet Sauvignon! The Gewurtz...is a little on the dry side for me...but I could make do in a pinch:)

Hope you the whole flu out of your system, including the fatigue. Joe is home today, he had the hurlies yesterday and today we are readjusting his system to taking food IN.
Love ya, Tetcy
PS Thanks for your comment on Kevin's blog. He is going to post again soon I hope:):) First we have to get our homework out of the way each day:)

Karen Nieuwhof said...

Hi Randall. Marten told me you were sick. Hope you're feeling much better.
I'm so glad you had a blast in Moncton. It's so nice to get away. Nice memories for the kids. Especially having Tante Tineke and kids there. :D
OK... you know me... I'm not much into wine (I know... you're shocked. hee, hee) but I'm very impressed with the setup and I love that wine goblet pic with the grapes. How artistic of you! :D
I'm so glad Andre posted. That was so funny! I'll have to show Marten. :P
Enjoy! (but not too much. hee, hee). Karen

Matt n' Amanda said...

Nice Work Dad... Looking good. I'll have to try to red wine next. Lub yOu!

Anonymous said...

nice pics Dad. I think Andre's comment is hilarious! (Good one Andre) and touché Dad! :P
The wines that I sampled were definitely good. I'm glad something was ready to be tasted when I got there :). As for the snowmobiling- I'm glad you're enjoying it, but I can't say I, meself, miss it. :I.
Love you!
~ Mary

Dianna said...

How long have you had this post up, because only a few days ago i checked your blog an it was still about the snow storm.im thouroughly impress with the wine. looks great! im not a big winer (:D
but i would definitely try it. I really hope that there is snow this christmas so I can get my fill! iv'e also been craving tractor driving too..I'll have to see what I can do to remedy that! Hope you all are having a great week!! Love you oodles!

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