by Heather | Mar 1, 2024 | Crafting, Wine
If you’re enjoying wine on a budget, now might be a very good time to consider making your own. Read on to find out why. Climate Change I know everyone is feeling climate change fatigue, but it’s a real concern. After each wildfire season, which gets...
by Heather | Feb 1, 2024 | Crafting, Wine
Craft winemaking ingredients in our kits are sourced from world renowned vineyards and are engineered to succeed so you can enjoy top quality wines. Have we piqued your interest? Let’s dive into the details so you’re better equipped to make your own...
by Heather | Nov 1, 2020 | Crafting, Wine
Oak in craft winemaking is used to add aroma, flavour, complexity and body, which is sometimes referred to as mouthfeel. Certain commercial wines are aged in oak barrels but when you make your own wines, it’s done in glass carboys. So how do you get the...
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...
