Finished Apple Wine

Here is what I've finished this week:

A few of the labeled bottles.  Each label is slightly different. Per my fathers suggestion the the brand is "G. Antonio". Guess why.

The labels are completely in Italian text. Each bottle label have different sayings in Italian. My father helped me get the Italian correct.

Matthew Fox White Zinfandel

Price: $4.99
Producer: Matthew Fox Vineyards
Region: California
Varietal: White Zinfandel
Container Size: 750 ML

Wednesday night Z and I went to a liquor store to pick up some boxes that Z could use for work.  While we were there, we picked up some wine. One of the bottles was Matthew Fox White Zinfandel.

We opened it up Friday night and enjoyed it. Here is what we observed. Its color was a dark peach and it was very clear. The bouquet was like peaches, matching the beautiful color.

Even better, it tasted like it's wonderful bouquet, though we did find it a little on the sweet side. It's not a bad wine if someone is looking for a sweet wine. I thought it would be a good idea to measure the S.G.(Specific Gravity) so I can adjust the wine I was making not to be as sweet. I measured the S.G. at 1.012. 

Lucky Bottle Score

Z called me this afternoon as I was driving home from work.

She told me how she went to Walgreen's and then onto a garage sale where she bought a case of empty green bottles.

She said that these bottles had imprinting on the glass on the lower back and a cool design molded in the front of a face. She got a case of 24 of these.

I told her that I have some bottle cleaning to do.

When I pulled in I took the case of bottles out of her car and brought them into the house.

Looking at them in the light, I knew right away that these weren't wine bottles.

If I make some beer, could I reuse these?