Welcome to Wines By Design!
We are a full service, on-premises wine making facility and wine-making kit supplier, located in Rochester NY. If you’re interested in making your own wine, come on in and we can help! We have hosted families, small groups, wedding parties and corporate team building events.
Or, if you are already an experienced vintner and are simply looking for supplies, we can help with that too. While our primary focus is wine-kits, check in with us, if we don’t have it in stock, we can probably get it for you!
For more detail on how your time will be spent making your very own wine, please see: our process.
Juice Sale 2019
That’s a wrap! All of the juice has been picked up!
Thanks for another year. Salut!
Recipe: Summer Drinks – Slushie
Frozen wine slushie!
Recipe: Summer Drinks – Spritzer
Who doesn’t like a cool spritzer on a hot summer day?
Christmas in July
It’s a Christmas in July sale!
Now through the end of July, check out our Sale!
Recipe: Braised Beef Short Ribs
- 4 thick-cut beef short ribs, about 2 to 2 1/2 lb
- Coarse salt and pepper
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 leek, white part only, halved and sliced
- 2 large carrots, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups good quality beef broth
- 1 cup red wine
- 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1 lb fresh gnocchi
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 clove garlic, minced 6 cups baby spinach
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Season short ribs with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a Dutch oven set over medium. Brown ribs all over. Remove to a plate.
- Add leek, carrot and garlic to pot; sauté for 5 minutes. Stir in sun-dried tomatoes and flour; cook for 1 minute. Stir in broth, wine and balsamic vinegar; bring to a boil.
- Nestle ribs into pot and transfer to oven; cook, covered, for 1 hour. Uncover and cook for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, turning ribs occasionally. (Skim any accumulated fat offff the surface of the sauce as desired.)
- To Serve: Meanwhile, boil gnocchi in salted water according to package directions; drain well.
- Heat butter in a large, nonstick skillet set over medium heat. Add garlic and sauté for 1 minute. Add gnocchi in a single layer. Top with spinach; cover and cook for
- 3 minutes.
- Uncover and toss gnocchi and spinach until wilted; divide between serving bowls. Top each portion with a rib and spoon over sauce to taste.
PDF version: Braised Beef Short Ribs
2019 Wine Tasting Results
And another year is in the books! Again, a quick “Thank You”!
To those of you who contributed: Thanks for sharing your wine. They were all delicious!
To those of you who stopped by, tasted, and voted: Thanks for all of your “hard work”!
It was a pleasure to see all of you (and meet some of you).
It’s always a fun time for us, we trust that it was for you as well.
Now, let’s get to the 2019 Wine Tasting Results:
We had enough entries to split to FOUR categories!: Red, White, Fruit, and Dessert Wines. The wine receiving the highest number of votes in each individual category will receive a $50 Wines By Design Gift Certificate.
Additionally, an Overall Winner (the winner with the greatest number of votes) will receive an additional $50 Gift Certificate.
Our 2019 Winners were:
Congratulations to this year’s winners!
We’re looking forward to next year’s event, so set one bottle of that “special wine” aside for your next chance to win!
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.
We know some of you expressed interest in the entries:
Recipe: Mango Curry Chicken Thighs
- 1/4 cup each sweet mango chutney and grainy mustard
- 1 tbsp each soy or tamari sauce and lemon juice
- 1 tsp mild Indian curry powder 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 8 bone-in, chicken thighs (skin-on or removed if preferred)
- Salt and pepper
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 each green and yellow zucchini, sliced in 1/2-inch pieces then halved
- 1 red pepper, roughly chopped
- 1 cup drained canned chickpeas
- Sliced green onions (optional)
- Steamed jasmine rice (optional)
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Whisk mango chutney with mustard, soy sauce, lemon juice, curry powder and garlic in a large bowl until well-combined. Measure out 2 tbsp and reserve in a separate medium bowl.
- Season thighs with salt and pepper. Add chicken to large bowl and toss to coat in marinade.
- In an oven-proof oiled skillet on medium-high heat, sear thighs on each side for about
- 3 minutes.
- Meanwhile, stir olive oil into reserved marinade. Toss in zucchini, red pepper and chickpeas to coat.
- Turn chicken skin-side-up. Scatter vegetable mixture around chicken and roast in the oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and vegetables are golden. Garnish with green onion and serve with rice (if using).
Recipe: Smoky Beef Koftas
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh mint
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp each salt, pepper and smoked paprika
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 lb medium or lean ground beef
- 8 soaked wooden skewers
- Olive oil
- 1/2 cup thick plain Greek or Balkan-style yogurt
- 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh mint 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1/4 tsp each salt and pepper
- Optional accompaniments: Grilled flatbreads, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, feta and black olives
- Preheat broiler to high and position rack in upper third of oven.
- Stir egg with mint, cumin, salt, pepper, paprika and garlic.
- Crumble in beef and mix gently to combine into 8-inch log.
- Chill in freezer for 10 minutes.
- Divide into 8 equal portions and form around the soaked skewers.
- Brush all over with a little olive oil.
- Arrange koftas on a rack set over a foil-lined baking sheet.
- Broil, turning occasionally, for 10 minutes or until browned and no pink remains.
- Stir yogurt with mint, olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper.
- Serve koftas with sauce and accompaniments of choice.
- TIP: To cook on a barbecue: preheat grill to medium. Grill koftas, turning often, for 10 minutes or until well-marked and no pink remains. (If wooden skewers start to scorch, lay a strip of foil on the grate underneath as a shield.)
PDF version: Smokey Beef Koftas
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Continuing Education
Looking for something to do? Got four nights free? How about joining one of classes, we’ll show you how to make your very own delicious wine!
Wedding
Why not share your special day with all your guests? Let them take home part of your special day, a bottle of your very own wedding vintage.
A Night at Home
What’s better than a night by the fire, some artisan cheese and a bottle of terrific wine you’ve made yourself?
We heard many great things about you, so we decided to check you out for ourselves.
(BTW: They were right!)
We cannot say enough good things about Wines By Design. The quality of the wine is better than most bottles of wine you can buy at the store, plus you get to tell your friends and family you made it on your own!