585-235-1090 [email protected]

Wines by Design

We’re in the business of helping you make wine! Whether you’re just starting out, or if you’re already an experienced vintner, we can help. Stop by for some instruction and help with your first batch or stop by for some supplies. We’ll be here!

Quality, without the cost

Wines By Design has been in business since 2006. While some things have changed, our love of quality wine production hasn’t! Whether you enjoy red or white, dry to sweet, we have something for everyone!

Let the wine making begin.

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: Shrimp Curry

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This vibrant dish is part stir-fry, part soup and will wake up your weeknight dinner menu.

Would pair nicely with LE23 Semillon Sauvignon Blanc.

Recipe: Prosciutto & Olive Pizza

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This flatbread pizza can be thrown together quickly for a simple supper to serve with mixed greens, or as a tasty nibbler to serve at any casual get-together.

Would pair nicely with LE23 Nebbiolo.

2024 Wine Tasting Competition Results

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Well that was nice day!

The WBD Wine Tasting Competition (2024) is complete!

We would like to once again thank everyone who contributed their wines to this year’s wine-tasting event. There was a great selection of wines this year and (from what we hear, because as there wasn’t much left for us to try), they were great!

Thanks to everyone who attended: it was YOUR job to judge! We appreciate you not putting the pressure on us!

We had four categories this year: Red (1 & 2), White, and Dessert/Fruit. There were so many red wine entries that we split them into 2 groups. As a quick reminder, each category wins a $50 gift certificate to WBD, with the winner with the highest number of votes receiving an additional $50 gift certificate. 

OK… drum roll please… without further ado:

 

2024 WBD Wine Tasting winners ($50 gift certificates)

  • Red 1: Gary LaToy – WineMaker’s Trio Red
  • Red 2: (Mr.) Copek – Nebbiolo / Barolo
  • White: Steve Elensky – RQ Muscat
  • Fruit/Sweet: Jasmine Smith – Pomegranate Zinfandel

 

2024 WBD Wine Tasting overall winner (an additional $50 gift certificate)

  • Overall: Steve Elensky – RQ Muscat

 

Congratulations to all!

Some of you had asked, so here’s a list of this year’s entries!

2024 Wine tasting entries

Information

Address:
1424 Buffalo Road
Rochester, NY 14624
Contact Us:
585.235.1090
 
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!)

DH

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!

Krista Hudson