Wine Making & Tasting

Water was not always an option to drink in colonial days. Milk was not always available. Wine, cider, ale and beers were potable, portable and available. Then came prohibition and then came President Jimmy Carter who signed the federal law allowing each adult in a given household to make 100 gallons of beer and wine annually. In a two adult household that works out to be more than 1,000 bottles of wine.

On Saturday, April 28th from 5 PM – 8 PM Nancy Thomas and friends will be leading us through the easy art and science of wine making using a wine making kit at home. The new products are post-vintner. This means that a professional wine-maker has already analyzed the juice and concentrate, balancing it for acid, pH and sugar so home winemakers enjoy the ease and convenience of complete ready-to ferment products. There will also be wine tasting with an expert explaining what we should look for in homemade and commercial wines.

All of your favorite styles of wine are available in kit form including, Merlot, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chianti, Pinot Noir, Blush, Riesling, and many more - Fruit Wines, Sherries, Ports, Brandies, and Ice Wines too. Each kit contains all the necessities to make more than two cases of superb hand-crafted wine you can serve and enjoy with satisfaction and joy. The kits may also be used as the basis for customized recipes with the use of oak aging, herbs and spices, and other ferment-ables such as honey or various fruits and flavorings.

We will not be selling the wines or the kits but we will tell you of a local retailer of the kits. Please join us if you are already using the kits and making wines at home and would like to meet other home vintners or would like to share your wines or would just like to try some others you haven't made yet.

Wine tasting and Wine Judging
Diane Lang
American Wine Society Judge Certification participant
Other refreshments are included
Also Pre-view of the "On Loan" Exhibit
to open in June 2007

Wine and other refreshments will be served. This is a fundraiser for the museum. $25.00 per person $20.00 per person if a current member of the Society of the Founders. All monies will be used to benefit the museum facilities and its programs.