A Great Glass Of Wine Starts With The Perfect Grapes.
Make Your Own
We encourage everyone to experience the old-fashioned art of winemaking. We offer many different membership opportunities so everyone can take part in the winemaking process. You don't need experience, just love for a hand-crafted product. We will email members throughout the year with dates and times for our winemaking operations throughout the course of your yearly membership. We encourage you to join us!
Once A Month, Members Can Come In For A Complimentary Tasting And Take Home Some Wine!
WineMaking Memberships Include:
Connoisseur Quarter Barrel – 72 bottles a year
Sommelier Half Barrel – 144 bottles a year
Master Sommelier Full Barrel – 288 bottles a year
Whether you’re making wine for the first time or you’re an expert sommelier, we have the perfect
winemaking membership for you!
Grapes Around The Globe:
CALIFORNIA
Montepulciano | Petite Sirah | Sirah | Cabernet Franc | Cabernet | Sauvignon | Pinot Noir | Nero D’avola
CHILE
Merlot | Carmenere | Malbec | Cabernet
ITALY
Moscato | Brachetto
SOUTH AFRICA
Pinotage
How It’s Made
Sorting
Domestic and international grapes arrive and are sorted, removing any debris including sticks and leaves. Green grapes including their stems go directly into the press.
Crushing
Red grapes are de-stemmed and crushed. The crushed grapes (called must) then begin the primary fermentation process, where the grape juice is transformed into alcohol.
Pressing
All wines are then pressed using our soft presses which ensure the pressing of offensive acids from the grapes. White grapes are pressed immediately and grapes begin the racking process.
The sediment is sent to local farmers to be used as fertilizer.
Aging
Our white and rosé wines are aged in stainless steel vestibules, as they do not influence the flavor, while we are proud to have three different oaks with which to time-age our red wines.
We use three different types of oak barrels: American, French, and Hungarian. The different types of oak add various flavors to the wine.
Racking
After pressing the grapes and throughout the aging process, we periodically remove the “clean” wine from the barrel or tank and pump the clean wine into a separate vestibule in a process called racking.
Filtering
After aging the wines, they are ready to be filtered. Filtering removes any of the yeast and sediment from the wines, giving them more polish and clarity.
Bottling
We use a gravity-fed bottling line at the Boston Winery to ensure no contamination. Our wines are then fitted with all-natural corks and sit for three months to round off the bottle before being enjoyed!
