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Ben Justman🍷
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Owner/Winemaker at Peony Lane Wine Low Sulfite wine from the highest elevation vineyards in 🇺🇸 Governor's Cup Award Winner 2022, 2023, 2024 Host of @SoakQuest - Make Bitcoin Fun Again
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BenJustman 2 months ago
3 years ago I won a Silver Medal for the first wine I EVER made. image
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BenJustman 2 months ago
Bear Market influensors always look HOT in their "Before" pictures. image
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BenJustman 2 months ago
Eggs can Make Wine Great Again Seriously. Egg whites are used in red wine as a natural clarifying agent to soften tannins, reduce astringency, and improve mouthfeel. You pour the egg whites in, stir, and wait.🧵 A protein called albumin binds to sediment, settles out, and leaves a clearer, smoother, egg-free wine. How do you know if a wine was clarified this way? You won’t, unless you meet the winemaker and ask. Ingredient labels are not required, and it would probably kill sales if a winemaker went around telling everyone he uses eggs. On the flip side, you also can’t tell if a wine didn’t use this process. A wine labeled vegan won’t have been clarified with eggs, but many self-respecting winemakers, like me, can’t bring themselves to label their wines ‘VEGAN’ even if they are. Because of the implication. image
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BenJustman 2 months ago
Took this pic to look up what I should be doing and switched right away
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BenJustman 2 months ago
Some absolute steals on the board rn 🍷👀 Take advantage scarce.city image
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BenJustman 2 months ago
The differences between barrels of wine are more pronounced than most people expect. What starts subtle evolves as the wine develops. Grapes never ripen exactly the same, and those differences are often consistent within a section of the vineyard. I process grapes as they are picked, so vineyard sections are often crushed, destemmed, and fermented together. Without blending, those small differences stay grouped and get magnified during the first stage of winemaking. Once fermentation is complete, I press wine into barrels one by one. Each barrel breathes slightly differently, and small chemical differences change how malolactic fermentation unfolds. There is no reliable way to predict which barrel will be best, but over time you can taste it. As I begin bottling each vintage, I select the best single barrel and designate it as Satoshi’s Reserve. The rest I blend together to ensure a cohesive taste profile. Bottles 1 through 21 of this wine are currently being auctioned on @scarcedotcity. image
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BenJustman 2 months ago
You can just steal this auction rn 👀 Scarce.city image
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BenJustman 2 months ago
Don't worry guys, January is almost here You know what that means 👀
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BenJustman 2 months ago
Peony Lane’s best barrel. Pairs well with patience. $100k is coming.😉 Auction is live now @ scarce.city image