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 16.5%, over...
by Bill Koopmans | Apr 26, 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 and the...
by Bill Koopmans | Apr 2, 2019 | Crafting, Updates, Wine
Bottling your wine is quick and easy. It involves bringing 31 clean bottles, then sanitizing, filling, corking, shrink capping and labeling them.Booking an AppointmentWhen your wine is ready, one of our staff will call and book an appointment for you to come in if you...
by Bill Koopmans | Mar 1, 2019 | Crafting, Updates, Wine
The next step in processing your wine is filtering which takes place between 1 and 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 the fermentation stops and the clearing...
by Bill Koopmans | Feb 1, 2019 | Crafting, Wine
The next step in processing your wine is fining. This takes place somewhere between one and five weeks after racking, depending on the kit. Your wine is in secondary fermentation during that period and we check it regularly to ensure it’s progressing as it...
by Bill Koopmans | Jan 5, 2019 | Crafting, Wine
Before I get into this month’s topic, I’d like to take a moment to discuss the various formats I’ve been using for my monthly blogs. For the most part I’ve been using a combination of words and pictures but Step 1 of the process was done as a video. Producing...
