I'd love to make wine but very few grapes grow here. We tried beer once, did okay, it was just too much work and $$ though for the small amount we ended up with. We do make our own Limoncello though. Course all that involves is zesting a whole bunch of lemons and making a thick simple syrup, mixing and bottling. LOL, not really anything to brag about doing but it sure does taste good.
Update on my Cluny, I didn't get a whole lot done since April. I wasn't able to work on it for several weeks because a stray cat decided to come into our home when I had the sliding door open going in and out, ran upstairs, got under 1 of the beds and in trying to get it out, I got bit. Nearly took off a good chunk of my thumb tip and back. So, got to do the ER thing, tetanus, 2 heavy duty antibiotics, pain meds, etc. I was spared rabies shots though because it turns out the cat belonged to a neighbor down the street with the same type house as ours and the cat had been missing for nearly a month and for some reason apparently thought our house was its home. Fortunately, the flesh reattached itself, the pain is basically gone unless I accidentally smack it just the right way, and the sensation is almost back to normal now though I still have a hard welt of scar tissue on the tip but even that is slowly getting better.
Karen
