Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for January 11, 2024

A bit young, but who needs barrels?

i kinda understood all of this except for the hammer

The quality has improved since Marcia quick stomping on the grapes in her old sweat socks.

If she figures out the concept of aging and waits a few days, the wine will be even better.

If Marcia did find a way to make a good merlot in less than a day, I’ll marry her.

Come on, that’s just grape juice. Aging it for 23 minutes just means lukewarm grape juice.

The drill can foment but you need time to ferment.

Marcia doesn’t drink wine for taste…

Good morning Balladeers!

For you wine drinkers, I saw a piece once about putting the wine in a blender to enhance the flavor. You can google that.

Isn’t supposed to age for at least 24 hours?

Some people make hay while the sun shines, Marcia makes merlot.

Thursdays are always a fine vintage.

Marcia finally found a way to use her carpentry talent………

But it pails in comparison to the White Lightning…

(¬_¬)

Marcia’s house wine label: Beyond The Pail, 10:43 Ante Merīdiem.

After a refreshing pause, she’s gonna bottle the rest and sell it to the Ballard St Canasta club.

The new secret ingredient is vodka.

kids, don’t try this at home

Ah, an hour ago was a good year.

That’s closer to a moonshine still. I think she’s lying abut what she’s drinking.

It’s that extra five minutes of aging that makes it so piquant.

I will drink no wine before it’s time. Paul is gone and IT IS TIME.

Marcia Masson

Apparently, there’s a little more to mixology than meets the eye.

Thats not Merlot, Marcia. It just has a placebo effect: you think it’s wine, so you get a buzz.