Vineyard folly update November

It's now almost one month into the brewing process. The "must" (the name for the mixture) has been racked twice now (rack means to siphon it to a new sterile jug), leaving the lees, or sediment, behind. The color has improved significantly since the first rack and now looks to be nearer to a normal wine. At first, the color was a real milky light purple, and didn't look anything at all like it should. Every so often I pull the cap and have a smell, and although it's pretty raw, it still has a hint of what it might be like when done. Really hard to describe though. I expect to be able to stabilize the wine (stop the possibility of re-fermenting) sometime in early January 2010. Once stabilized, it needs to sit for about 4-6 months before filtering and sampling it! I've had numerous requests to be the first to sample it, and might have to hold a lottery!