Make twenty-eight to thirty bottles of truly excellent wine on your very first attempt. This two-session class takes the mystery and guesswork out of home winemaking, walking you through the complete process from the initial selection of your grape varietal all the way through to a finished, labeled bottle you can be genuinely proud of.
Session one takes place in class, where you will work alongside our winemaking experts using our professional-grade equipment. Everything you need is here: the fermentation vessels, the monitoring tools, the cellar space, and the knowledge to guide every decision you make along the way. Varietals range from crisp Chardonnay to rich, estate-grown Cabernet, with options available at different price points and flavor profiles.
After the initial session, your wine ferments in our temperature-controlled cellar under the watchful care of our winemaking team. You simply wait for the call that your wine is ready, then return for your bottling appointment.
What You Will Learn in Session One:
- The fundamentals of quality winemaking, from grape selection to fermentation science
- Different winemaking approaches and the reasoning behind key technique choices
- Hands-on experience vintaging a six-gallon vat of wine
- Wine tasting, appreciation, and how to evaluate what you are making
- Principles of wine aging, proper cellaring techniques, and building your personal wine cellar
Optional: Racking
After initial fermentation, you may participate in racking, the process of carefully transferring your wine to a secondary fermentation vessel to clarify and develop it further. You can also have this step completed by our team on your behalf.
Session Two: Your Bottling Appointment
- Balancing and stabilizing your wine for optimal flavor
- Adjusting tannin structure and residual sugar to match your palate
- Bottling your finished wine
- Applying your custom wine label
Pricing and Practical Details:
- The class fee covers one or two people making the same batch together. The cost of ingredients is not included in the class price.
- Varietal wine juice kits are priced separately, ranging from $85.95 to $199.95 depending on the grape variety selected.
- Each batch yields approximately twenty-four to twenty-eight bottles. If you want to make additional wine, cellar space and equipment use is available for $99.00 per extra kit.
- For questions or additional information, email [email protected].
- We actively encourage recycling. You are welcome to bring your own clean, delabeled bottles or purchase new ones from us at $16.95 per case of twelve. New corks are thirty cents each.
