Wine on a Budget

Wine on a Budget

  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...
Craft Winemaking Ingredients

Craft Winemaking Ingredients

  Craft Winemaking Ingredients 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...
Oak in Craft Winemaking

Oak in Craft Winemaking

  ​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 at Steveston Winemakers, it’s done in glass carboys. So...
Crafting Your Wine Step 4 – Filtering

Crafting Your Wine Step 4 – Filtering

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. We’re...
Crafting Your Wine Step 3 – Fining

Crafting Your Wine Step 3 – Fining

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...