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.
Recipe: Smoky Beef Koftas
From our friends at Winexpert: Corazón!
Recipe: Golden couscous stuffed peppers
From our friends at Winexpert: Black Cab!
Recipe: Orzo with peas and goat cheese
From our friends at Winexpert: Fumé Blanc!
2019 Wine Tasting Competition
The 2019 Wine Tasting Event!
On Saturday, March 23 from 12p – 4p we are holding our annual competitive tasting event.
Recipe: Mushrooms in white wine sauce
- 1/4 cup peanut or vegetable oil
- 1/3 cup chopped onion
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 pound mushrooms, sliced
- 3/4 cup water, divided
- 1/4 cup dry white wine
- 1 cube chicken bouillon
- 1/4 teaspoon dried basil
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in onions and garlic, and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in mushrooms, 1/2 cup water, wine, and chicken bouillon. Season with basil, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Mix together cornstarch with 1/4 cup water. Stir into mushrooms, and cook until thickened, about 5 minutes.
- We especially like a Chardonnay or a Sauvignon Blanc with this!
Juice Sale 2018
Juice Sale 2018
Juice Sale 2018
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 2018 Juice Sale list below). This year, we are targeting an early-mid October 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.
Please note: Our supplier adds sulfites to the fresh juice. This may effect fermentation if you choose to use wild yeast only .
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.
Our 2018 Juice list:
Whites:
- Chardonnay
- Moscato
- Pinot Grigio
- Riesling
Reds:
- Alicante
- Barbera
- Cabernet Franc
- Cabernet-Sauvignon
- Lambrusco
- Malbec
- Merlot
- Montepulciano
- Nebbiolo-(Barolo)
- Pinot Noir
- Ruby Cabernet
- Sangiovese
- Shiraz
- Zinfandel (Red)
Why Make Wine (#2)
And now for something completely different…
From our friends at Vineco!
2018 Wine Tasting Results
The 2017 Wine Tasting Results are in!
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 2018 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 2018 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:
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Business Hours:
| Tue – Fri: | 3:30p – 7:30p |
| Sat: | 9:00a – 2:00p |
| Sun & Mon: | CLOSED |
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!