How nice you all are to answer so soon!
I know the temps down there will be deadly on homemade wine and we are currently auctioning off our equipment. Not worth the effort! So sad to do that! It was such a fun hobby! Made wine for more that 10 years.
We are currently really lucky about temperature regulation. Our home is built into a hill and the wine room is actually underground on two sides. We blocked any heat from going in there in the winter and open up the a/c to it in the summer.
But..... I am a kinda nervous person. Drinking wine helps that a lot!
I'm not sure I want the worry of driving or storing that much wine to FL. Can't find out right now how much we are allowed to make in Ohio, but I do know it's waaay more than we currently make. I'll look it up.
I guess we ought to have a nice big going away party, invite friends and neighbors and give it away. Sob! In addition, I think we're just going to drink most of the "good stuff" we've been saving for "some day". That day is definitely here! And there are probably a few bottles we'll save to celebrate when we finally get to our new home and new friends in The Villages.
Thanks to you all!
Added later this day: I just HAD to add to this response! Might be helpful to someone else. I went to Mapquest, looked up all the states we have to travel through to get to Florida. Then I looked up the Alcohol Control Boards for Pennsylvania and West Virginia, the first two states we would cross. The laws in each were about the same and almost knocked me out of my chair. While it is perfectly legal to make wine for personal consumption, it is definitely NOT legal to move it from the premises where it was made. Meaning probably your house. This includes taking a bottle next door to your neighbor's. That was actually included in the article as an example!
SO, if I can't walk a bottle of homemade wine 20 feet across my lawn to my neighbors without breaking a law, how in the heck am I going to transport 50 gallons of homemade wine 1,000 miles without getting busted? Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury, I rest my case!
Again, my sincerest gratitude to all of you who took the time to respond to my post. Look me up in TV and I'll buy you a nice glass of wine!
