I live in Pittsburgh and our weather is always bad also; my winemaking
room is well lit and has no windows so it just doesn't matter. Wine
doesn't like sunlight so I consider it a blessing; the bad weather
just forces me into winemaking mode... It's all in how you look at
things.



Joe

Actually, I've just thought of an advantage to winter!!! I put my
fermenting wines in the airing cupboard - with the door open a little, so
the temperature doesn't get too high - and they "go" much quicker than in
the summer, when I do them in the kitchen and the temperature is lower and
more irregular. (The cat likes it in there, too..)

So I get to drink the wine quicker!!!! :-))

I still have to do the big 5 gal one in the kitchen, though, with a
heater... which uses leccy.... which adds to global warming ... which makes
me depressed again ... which makes me drink more wine..... ho hum! Can't
have it all ways, huh?


Barb UK