by Bill Koopmans | Jun 1, 2019 | Regions, Wine
In the second chapter of this blog series, I invite you to join me on a tour of another one of the top producing wine regions of the world – France. Come with me as we travel from Italy to the second largest wine producer in the world. Weighing in at...
by Bill Koopmans | May 1, 2019 | Regions, Wine
In the first chapter of my new blog series, I invite you to join me on a tour of the top producing wine regions of the world, starting with Italy. I wish to thank Wikipedia for this world map showing the main wine regions of the world. It’s circa 2009...
by Bill Koopmans | Apr 1, 2019 | Crafting, Wine
Bottling your wine is quick and easy. It involves bringing 31 clean wine bottles, then sanitizing, filling, corking, shrink capping and labeling them. Booking an Appointment When your wine is ready, one of our staff will call and book an appointment for...
by Bill Koopmans | Mar 1, 2019 | Crafting, Wine
Filtering captures particles in your wine and it’s done 1-2 weeks after fining. Since fining, the wine has been sitting on the second shelf in the front row where we’ve been constantly watching as fermentation stops and clearing proceeds....
by Bill Koopmans | Feb 1, 2019 | Crafting, Wine
Fining is the process of adding an organic agent to your wine creating a bond with suspended particles to make them easier to filter out of the wine. It takes place sometime between 1 and 5 weeks after racking, depending on the kit. Your wine is in secondary...
