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Chris Turkovich 🍇🥩🍾
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Bitcoin Vintner Farmer/Winemaker: Turkovich Family Wines www.bitcoinvintner.com www.turkovichwines.com Farming sustainably & regeneratively for future generations. Growing grapes, prunes, and kids. Specializing in small lot wines & grass fed lamb. #Bitcoin sales are appreciated. Free California Free food systems Support local farmers

Topping wine barrels today. Trying to keep the “angels share” at bay. We need to finish up soon. This room need to get cleaned up so we can host our Bitcoin Holiday Party on the 18th!

Get your order today to receive your wines in time for Thanksgiving…winemaker pro tip: Grenache is the best red wine pairing for turkey

Olive harvest going straight to the mill and press. Fresh extra virgin olive oil coming soon

Rain coming tomorrow. Makes for a horizon to horizon sunset tonight

Big day for Argentina, another big step toward a bright future for Argentina and also for the rest of the west to see a path out irresponsible trajectory all western governments are headed

More rainbows and fall weather. Harvest is over…except olives and walnuts. October is an amazing month in NorthernCA

Nature is amazing. Sierra thunder storm

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We can’t do high proof with our license, a neighbor of ours…Patio 29 makes our high proof for us. We have them distill us some brandy for our port wine

New release! Our flagship red blend called “The Boss” now has a fresh bitcoin edition label. To go along with our new label is our new Bitcoin only website: www.bitcoinvintner.com

Buy wine join our WineClub…tell a friend and Cheers!

Stay humble, stack sats, enjoy life

Last fermentation of the year. Wild yeast fermented Mourvèdre from our estate vineyard. This vineyard is 5 years old and has never been sprayed. And now with our sheep flock doing all the weed control. The only time a tractor entered this vineyard was for harvest. Yes, a single tractor pass the whole year!

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Buying wine is a Life or Death decision.

No, not for you. For the wine!

Most bottles are filtered to death☠️

While unfiltered wine is alive and vibrant

Breaking down Filtered vs Unfiltered🍷🧵

Big wine companies filter hard.

At their scale consistency is the #1 priority.

Zero surprises. Every bottle has to match.

Boutique producers can play a different game.

We can monitor each barrel, catch small changes, and make decisions in real time.

When you're close to the wine, filtering isn't always necessary.

This isn't just about removing any sediment or haze.

Filtering strips out yeast, bacteria and polyphenols.

These are the pieces that give wine texture, structure, and the ability to change over time.

By removing the part of the wine that makes it evolve.

You’re killing its soul.

Unfiltered wines move.

They open up over hours. They taste different on day two than they did when the cork came out.

Filtered wines do change, but not nearly as much.

There's less inside to react, expand, or unfold.

Filtered wines always look clean.

Unfiltered wines sometimes don’t.

But clarity has nothing to do with character.

And cloudiness isn't the same as flaw.

You can’t see whether a wine is alive.

You have to experience it.

There’s no ingredient label on wine.

No list of added acids or enzymes or concentrates.

But if a winemaker skips filtering, there's a good chance they’re skipping other heavy-handed tricks too.

It’s not a guarantee. But it’s one of the few clues you get.

I'm not here to tell you that "Raw Wine" is your healthy drinking solution.

Unfiltered wine does contain yeast and bacteria, but it's not enough to fix your gut.

However, if you already eat raw honey, drink raw milk, or ferment your own vegetables, this fits within that framework.

Unfortunately, most bottles don’t say filtered or unfiltered.

Many unfiltered wines don’t mention it.

And most filtered wines won’t admit it.

You have to ask. You have to know your winemaker.

Because the best wines still have a pulse and can't be found at the grocery store.

Most wine is filtered to death.

And once you taste Living Wine, it’s hard to go back.

I make Unfiltered Wine in Colorado and am happy to answer any questions.

If this helped you understand wine differently, please help me spread the word by reNOSTing it.

Just chiming in on the sulfite discussion. It is not possible to make a wine with 0 sulfites. Yeast naturally produce some sulfites during fermentation the natural amount would produce 5-9ppm. Common good winemaking practices if you are adding sulfites to end up with 25ppm free sulfur in the finished wine. Sulfites provide two functions. 1) as an antioxidant scavenging oxygen in the wine which helps keep the wine from “browning”. 2) sulfites are an anti microbial keeping things from growing in the wine helping the wine age longer. The short of it is large or low quality producers use a lot of sulfites (100+ppm) Good producers use no to minimal sulfites. As a rule of thumb white whites will have more sulfites in them because there are naturally less antioxidants in white wine then red.

Great episode…this is one of those episodes that help move family and friends further down the btc path. Keep up the good work

https://fountain.fm/episode/5wpANIfi02ohoKJp5UM5

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Petit Verdot and Mourvèdre pick scheduled for later this week. The fall weather is here and slowing the ripening a bit. The end of harvest is in sight

Pump over time. Petite sirah at the peak of fermentation. We pump over the juice from below the “cap” to irrigate the wine over the top to make sure everything stays wet and fermenting evenly. This also allows for a little bit of oxygen and some of the fermentation heat to be blown off to help keep things cool.