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Wine Makers Corner

Getting Started

French Oak Barrels

Getting Started

We offer a package to get you started in kit wine making. By making your wine from an ingredient kit you can get some experience before the Harvest.

Harvest 2024

French Oak Barrels

Getting Started

We are now taking your Harvest 2023 grape orders!  Plan ahead. These ultra-premium grapes are very limited and sell out fast!   

French Oak Barrels

French Oak Barrels

Wine Processing equipment

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for our French Oak Barrels!

Wine Processing equipment

Wine Processing equipment

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  • Crushers/Destemmers, 
  • Grape Presses, and 
  • Variable Capacity Tanks!

pH Meters and accessories

For Wine Geeks Only

Owner and Professional Wine maker, John Daume passes on 50 years of experience in a monthy blog filled with factual and scientifically proven information.

Information, calculators, and charts

Information, calculators, and charts

Information, calculators, and charts

Need a little help? Here is an assortment of free  resources for help in your wine making adventures

We also rent out select pieced of wine making equipment

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Beginners Wine Making Kit

Our Beginners Wine Making Equipment Kit comes with everything you need to make your first kit wine. Included in the kit are

  • Primary Fermentation Bucket
  • 6 Gallon Glass Carboy
  • Siphoning Set-Up
  • Fermentation Lock and Stopper
  • Long Mixing Spoon
  • Small Bottle Brush
  • Large Carboy Brush
  • Sanitizing Powder (Sulfite and Acid Blend)
  • Hand Corker
  • 30 corks

The equipment kit is $160 (a 10% savings). We carry a wide variety of Wine kits. Prices for kits run fro $109-$150 and make 30 bottles of great wine.

Helpful Instructions

BACKYARD GRAPE RECIPE (pdf)

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PREMIUM RED WINE HANDOUT- More advanced instructions (pdf)

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FRUIT WINE INSTRUCTIONS (pdf)

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BASIC MEAD RECIPE (pdf)

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RESTART STUCK WINES (pdf)

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FINING WINES (pdf)

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HOW TO REHYDRATE CORKS (pdf)

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SULFUR DIOXIDE MANAGEMENT (pdf)

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SO2-LYSO-STARTUP-YEAST ADDITION CHART (pdf)

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HOW TO RE-HYDRATE DRY YEAST 2019 (pdf)

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PLANNING NUTRIENT ADDITIONS - RESTARTING STUCK FERMENTS (pdf)

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RED GRAPE HANDOUT 2019 - Yeast Tomorrow. (pdf)

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WHITE GRAPE HANDOUT 2019 (pdf)

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CHITOSAN FORMULA 8-10-20 (xls)

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Calculators

Wine making calculators

BENTONITE ADDITION (xls)Download
CASEIN ADDITION (xls)Download
FERMENTATION RE-START-VINQUIRY (xls)Download
HIGH SUGAR REHYDRATION FORMULA (xls)Download
LYSOZYME FORMULA (xls)Download
MERCAPTAN TREATMENT (xls)Download
NEW SO2 ADDITION FORMULA (xls)Download
PH AJUSTMENT FORMULA (xls)Download
YEAST REHYDRATION FORMULA (xls)Download
CHITOSAN (Aspergillus niger) FORMULA 8-10-20 (xls)Download

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