So far, 2008 has been a great year, grapes look nice and we preparing for harvest.
Each fall we offer fresh grapes and juices to our home wine makers.
The fall is a very exciting and busy time at the winery. We are pick grapes over the course of about 6 weeks as they mature. If you come by you might see how we process tons and tons of grapes to make our wines. Keep an eye on the web site or local newspapers for any special events that we might have to celebrate the harvest!!!!!
We usually pick our grapes on Thursdays on Fridays as they mature and then we will process them that same day. The juice will then be available for pickup on Saturday and Sunday (sometime Friday). So, your juice will be very fresh that is how we make our wine also, minimal time from the vine to the tank. We dont want to hold juice, so your prompt pickup is appreciated. Any unclaimed juice will be used by us in our winemaking operations unless other arrangements have been made in advance. Cooler fees will apply if we have to hold your juice past the pickup dates.
We do not water our juices down, you get 100% pure juice from us.
Some of the grapes need a little more time to ripen, so we put up a tentative schedule and it may (and probably will) change over the 6 week period. We only pick when the grapes are ready. We ask all of our customers to check our website or call when we get closer for actual dates, we update it frequently.
We try to keep the costs down, but this year we are faced with a huge increase in fuel and trucking expenses.
All order are to be picked up at our Rome location, if we have enough orders from the Waymart area, we will run a truck to the Waymart location for pickup, a small delivery fee may be added to cover costs associated with delivery and rising fuel costs.
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Here is a list of fresh grapes / juices we will have this year in the order that they will be picked and processed (tentative subject to weather conditions)
We anticipate pulling the first grapes in around Sept 13th and running through the 11th of October.
2008 Prices
Niagara- $6.25 per gallon (limited supply of Niagara this year, but we should have the same as last year for our regular customers - first come first served) - Sept 20
Chardonnay $15.00 per gallon - Sept 27
Concord $6.25 per gallon - Sept 27
Diamond - $7.00 per gallon
Cabernet Sauvignon $17.00 per gallon - Oct 4
Catawba $6.25 per gallon - Oct 4
Merlot - $17.00 per gallon - Oct 4
Chambourcin - $14.00 per gallon - Oct 13
Riesling - $17.00 - Sept 27
Blueberry - Sold out
Raspberry - Sold out
Apple - Sold out
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If you want fresh, uncrushed grapes, send an email to Steve and we will try to make arrangements based on availability.
We prefer email orders to help us keep track of your order, so please email your order to us. We will be taking orders and making commitments to everyone on a first come first served basis. We will send you a confirmation email with your guaranteed reservation. We sold out of a number of varieties last year.
We will take phone orders, but we prefer email. Email gives everyone a record of what was ordered and it helps us keep our costs down, which benefits all of us in the end.
We schedule juice pickups on Saturdays and Sundays (sometime Friday). When you arrive, please go into the tasting room and pay for your juice, then bring your receipt, carboys and containers to the garage bay with the concrete pad in front of it and someone will assist you. We will have some wagons and carts available to help carry carboys. Please park in the lot, not at the garage doors.
We have all the items necessary for making wine in stock including carboys, hydrometers, fillers, corkers, yeast, sanitizers, tannin, bottles, test kits, beginner kits etc.
We are very excited to be providing juice to those interested in winemaking and will gladly answer any questions that you may have.
For your order, please use the following format:
Full Name
Email Address
Phone Number ( we need this to call if we have last minute changes)
# gallons, type of juice
See Steve, Harry or Jared when at the winery for all of your juice needs.