We do not cut any corners when making our wine, in the hopes that we make a quality wine that you can enjoy. Take some time to read through the steps we take to handcraft our wine!

Whole clusters of grapes are either trucked from Napa across the country in the Fall or take a trans-Atlantic boat ride from Chile in the Spring. Grapes are then hand sorted and processed at Four Twelve Winery, here in Moon Township!

After sorting through the grapes to remove detritus and other heavy organics, the grapes are run through the crusher/destemmer. This allows the grapes to be separated gently from the stems, sending the stems to waste and the grapes directly into the fermentation bin.

Cold maceration or cold soaking increases color extraction in red wines. We have our grapes cold soak for anywhere between 5-9 days to give them that darker color!

Yeast is added after the cold maceration process, which starts the fermentation process. During the fermentation process, the grapes are punched 1-2 times a day and a brix measurement is taken every day to determine what the sugar level is that needs to be fermented to alcohol.

Once fermentation has completed we use a technique called extended maceration to increase color, flavor, and the tannin structure in our wine. We typically use the extended maceration process for 4-7 days after fermentation has completed.

After the extended maceration process is complete we hand press all of the grapes with a 100 year old ratchet press.

After the grapes are pressed they are placed in American Oak barrels, from Canton Cooperage, for several years. The barrel will give the wine that unique oak flavor. Every month the barrels are topped and every six months the barrels are racked. This helps ensure the quality of the wine and removes the sediment in the wine.

We filter our wines to improve microbial stability and to give them better clarity.

After the wine ages in the American oak barrels it is time to bottle the wine. We bottle and cork each one by hand in our home and even though it is a long process, we believe we can control the quality of each bottle.