Welcome to my blog. I’ve been making wine for many years — it’s a passion that I enjoy sharing with friends and everyone with an interest in this wonderful art!
Just over 11,000 pounds of grapes arrived after their long journey from Chile to meet a whole group of friends and family who were ready with gloves and old clothing to sort through them and pull out all the extras such as leaves, moldy or unpleasant looking grapes. When the first box of grapes is picked up and dumped into the crusher and the sound of the crusher and the hum of conversation is heard over the grape sorting table you know crush has begun.
Now that I am officially a Pennsylvania Limited Winery, the education keeps coming. Selling a bottle of wine comes with a great deal of “learning on the fly.” I honestly thought the problems I would have would be specific to how I make and cellar the wine, but the challenges I have had are mostly on the legal side with permits, licensing, taxes, and labeling!
A well-rounded or balanced wine is a wine which has just the right combination of taste sensations and flavor characteristics to balance in the mouth. Read about my recent adventures in wine blending here.
