Elderberries fermenting! This is my second year making elderberry wine. I added some blueberries to the blend this year. I might try adding some toasted french oak once i rack... last years wine is good but i think some more tannins are in order...

Gm! Out doing some "blood" track training with the dog. I laid a 900m track through some tangled slash leftover from forestry operations last fall. Easy for the dog, less easy for me. Track was aged for 7 hrs. She did great despite some tricks i threw in like dead ends, turn arounds, etc. Map shows original scent track in black, overlayed with the dog track in red.