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.
Bridal Party
Looking for something to do with the bridal party?
Why not make some wine? (Or make it in advance and have a ‘bottling’ party?)
Continuing Education
Looking for something to do? Got four nights free? How about joining one of the local CE 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?
Sign of the Times – 8
Sign of the Times – 8
It’s our next “Sign of the Times” entry!
This month: Enjoy the Journey
(WBD Translation: We think it speaks for itself.)
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Note: A number of these are created on Canva and/or using Avery label software. You can check out our post on creating your own labels .
Got a “sign” you’d like to suggest or one you’ve created and don’t mind us sharing? Drop us a note on our Contact page.
Sign of the Times – 7
Sign of the Times – 7
It’s our next “Sign of the Times” entry!
This month: WINOS!
(WBD Translation: Maybe it should be *We’re*? Wine’s not just for the ladies any more!)
Check out some of our other graphics.
Note: A number of these are created on Canva and/or using Avery label software. You can check out our post on creating your own labels .
Got a “sign” you’d like to suggest or one you’ve created and don’t mind us sharing? Drop us a note on our Contact page.
Rosé
Rosé
Rosé is style of wine that has a slight red tinge to it. Traditionally, color has been added by adding grape skins to the wine, but not long enough to qualify it as a red wine. Alternatively, red wine is sometimes blended with white to achieve the desired color.
This year, we have a limited number of Rosé kits from Winexpert. On the drier side (it’s a Sauvignon Blanc base), it should have slight citrus notes.
From Winexpert: Offering up tropical notes of pineapple and white peach with raspberry and cherry. The off-dry finish is balanced by expressive acidity for a refreshing, crisp wine that’s great on its own or with your favorite seafood dish.
For additional background on rosé wine, there’s a really nice article from the nice folks at Wine Folly. It discusses various tastes available in rosé wine, as well as how rosé wines are made. You can view the article here.
Sauvignon Blanc not your thing?
We have other blushes available too for your summer enjoyment! How’s about some other offerings from Winexpert, like:
- White Merlot
Take Merlot. Make it a blush. Voila – a Merlot like you’ve never experienced! Fresh strawberries abound in the aromas and flavours of this medium-pink rose style wine, capped by a crisp finish that’s slightly drier than a typical blush. Bright fruit and generous acidity make it a brilliant food pairing wine. Try it with salads, appetizers, fruits – even BBQs and spicy cuisine. - White Zinfandel
This blush favourite displays the trademark pink hues and a soft, refreshing taste that make it particularly enjoyable as a chilled delight on a summer afternoon. Must be tried to be believed. - Pink Moscato
Light and refreshing on the palate with flavours of fresh strawberry, raspberry and cherry.
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Original Source: What Really is Rose Wine? –The Pink Stuff
2017 Wine Tasting Results
The 2017 Wine Tasting Results are in!
But, before we share the results of our Wine Tasting event, just 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 2017 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 2017 Winners were:
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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.
This year’s entries (because some of you asked):
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| Sat: | 9:00a – 2:00p |
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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!