The 2015 Juice sale is starting!
2015 Juice Sale
Once again, Wines By Design is having a Fresh Juice Sale!
For those of you who are home vintners (or even those that want to start): We’re having our annual Fresh Juice sale. Once again, we have a nice selection of whites and reds (see Our 2015 Juice Sale list below). This year, we are targeting a late September delivery date. (The date will be finalized as orders are taken.)
As in the past, juice will be delivered in 5 gallon plastic pails and be available for ONE DAY ONLY. Juice MUST be picked up on the day the truck arrives. We CANNOT hold any juice beyond that day. Your receipt will be necessary for you to obtain your juice. Any unclaimed juice will be forfeited and your money will be refunded.
Our 2015 Juice list:
| Whites |
| Chardonnay |
Moscato |
| Pinot Blanc |
Pinot Grigio |
| Riesling |
Thompson-Seedless |
| Verdicchio |
Zinfandel (Blush) |
| |
| Reds |
| Alicante |
Barbera |
| Cabernet Franc |
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
| Lambrusco |
Malbec |
| Merlot |
Montepulciano |
| Nebbiolo-(Barolo) |
Pinot Noir |
| Ruby Cabernet |
Sangiovese |
| Shiraz |
Zinfandel (Red) |
Note: Wines By Design acts as a shipping agent only and is not responsible for the quality of the juice.
Reminder: You can keep up to date with what’s happening at Wines By Design by signing up for our newsletter on our Contact page.
Glögg = A Swedish/Scandanavian mulled wine drink.
Brought to us by one of our Continuing Education participants (no names, we promised!), how about a glass of Glögg this fall/winter?
A delicious, warm port wine based drink, the warmth and spices bring the heat on a cold night. (Be sure to serve the raisins too!)
Glögg
2019-03-02 14:24:52
- 5 (750 milliliter) bottles port wine
- 1 (750 milliliter) bottle 100 proof bourbon whiskey
- 1 (750 milliliter) bottle white rum
- 3 whole cardamom pods, cracked
- 1 small cinnamon stick
- 4 whole cloves1 (3 inch) strip of orange peel
- 1 (8 inch) square of cheesecloth
- 3/4 cup white sugar1 (15 ounce) package dark raisins
- 1 (6 ounce) package blanched slivered almonds
- Heat the port wine over medium heat until just below the simmer point in a large stockpot with a lid. Add bourbon and rum, and bring back to just below simmering. Save the bottles and their caps for storing leftover glogg.
- While the wine and liquors are heating, place the cardamom, cinnamon stick, cloves, and orange peel onto the center of the square of cheesecloth. Gather together the edges of the cheesecloth, and tie with kitchen twine to secure.
- When mixture is very hot but not boiling, carefully light it with a long-handled match. Wearing a heatproof cooking mitt, carefully pour the sugar into the flames, and let the mixture burn for 1 minute. Put the lid on the stockpot to extinguish the flames, and turn off the heat. Let the mixture cool, covered, for about 10 minutes; add the cheesecloth bundle of spices and the raisins and almonds to the warm wine mixture and let it cool to room temperature, about 1 hour.
- Strain the cooled glogg and reserve the raisins and almonds.
- To store, pour strained glogg into the bottles, recap, and keep upright in a cool dark place for up to 1 year. Refrigerate the steeped raisins and almonds in a covered bowl or jar for up to 1 year.
- To serve, pour glogg into a saucepan and warm over low-medium heat until hot but not simmering, about 5 minutes. Ladle 3 ounces of warmed glogg into a small coffee cup or small Swedish-style glogg mug, and garnish each serving with a few reserved raisins and almonds.
- We wouldn't recommend a flavored port with this, you're adding a lot of flavor in this recipe.
- OH! And don't forget to serve the raisins!
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Glögg
Glögg = A Swedish/Scandanavian mulled wine drink.
Brought to us by one of our Continuing Education participants (no names, we promised!), how about a glass of Glögg this fall/winter?
A delicious, warm port wine based drink, the warmth and spices bring the heat on a cold night. (Be sure to serve the raisins too!)
You can find all of our recipes on our recipes page.
Vin chaud 2” by Clément Petit – originally posted to Flickr as Un bon verre de vin chaud. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Commons.
You know how it goes, bottling day is quickly approaching and you have the bottles but, they have someone else’s labels on them. What to do? Well, everyone has their goto formula for getting off those really gooey labels. I did some research and I found some really weird suggestions. I first checked out everyone’s favorite, Pinterest. There are more methods than wine varieties. The craziest was a person who coats the label with peanut butter and then washes the whole mess off.
I continued on my quest and I found this article from Popular Mechanics, this is a real test of common methods to remove labels. Give this article a read, it’s a short read, and judge for yourself.
Marty
It’s Christmas in July
(We know… we’ve just hit summer)
BUT: If you want to be able to give wine for the holidays this year AND you want your recipient’s to be able to drink your wine right away, NOW’s the time to put up a kit!
To help, we’ve got a couple of things to share:
1) We’re ready!
We have recently received two large orders from both Winexpert and Cellar Craft and we’ve got something for everyone. Just some of what’s come in:
| Reds |
Whites |
Fruits |
| Nebbiolo (Barolo) |
Riesling |
Green Apple Riesling |
| Amarone |
Pinot Grigio |
Pomegranate Zinfandel |
| Château Du Pays |
Chardonnay |
Cranberry Malbec |
| Rosso Fortissimo |
Piesporter |
Black Cherry Pinot Noir |
2) We’ll help!
During the month of July, if you put up two kits, we’ll take 5% off the price of your two kits. A third kit will give you 10% off of your kits (or any additional kits).
3) We’ve got something new!
We’ve got three new wines for you:
- World Vineyard – Pink Moscato
- Light and refreshing on the palate with flavors of fresh strawberry, raspberry and cherry.
- Eclipse – Forza
- Deep ruby color with aromas of plum, smoke and spice. Rich flavors of dark fruit, chocolate and cedar with lingering oak and a firm long finish.
- Showcase – Sonoma Vally Cabernet Sauvignon
- This replaces the Showcase Red Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon
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