Contributed by Dan Wolfe, Associate Winemaker.

This week the weather has cooperated 100%. The beautiful sunny days have been increasing the sugar in the grapes and dropping the acid.

This week we pressed Fredonia, Concord, Chardonnay, Vignoles and Gewurztraminer. The weekend has been really exciting with customers from the Wine festival coming down and asking lots of questions about the home wine making process. Additionally, we have been nonstop all weekend with home winemakers and commercial customers coming to buy fresh pressed juice from us to take back with them to make their own wine.

The convenience of being able to taste our wine, buy fresh juice, and buy all of your wine making supplies in one place makes us a great destination for folks up to hundreds of miles away. On top of that, we have a very knowledgeable staff to answer all of your questions- we encourage you to ask us any questions you have so that we can improve your wine making process. We not only enjoy sharing our knowledge, but we are always learning new ideas from our customers. We always love to hear your stories and processes of making wine!

Dan Wolfe joined PIWC in 2011 and is our Associate Winemaker. Dan started making wines from Wine kits in 2007 and the hobby quickly became an obsession. His habit then escalated to buying Fresh Grape Juice at harvest time, and he started experimenting with blending different wines. Dan has entered his wines in many local and out of town competitions, bringing home Gold medals and best of show in places like California. He is a member of the American Wine Society and judges wine competitions locally and around the state.