wine update

We transferred the wine to the French oak cask. A mighty 60 gallons worth. We blended the Merlot and the Syrah. Soon enough lots o wine. Also considering an alteration to my 5 gallons of cider...here's the plan: blend it with a bottle of Knob Creek (a fine dry whiskey), golden raisins and maybe vanilla bean...not sure on the bean yet. We have another 60 gallons of cider in the works, so I'm trying to be experimental. Any suggestions? I'm gonna do this some time this month. Sarcasm welcome.