May Special on International French Rose Wine

Our May special offering The French Rose Wine -get in the pink with a limited edition special wine this month.

Every month we offer a new unique tantalizing wine for your enjoyment and this month it’s in the Pink with the French Rose Wine from Southern France! The South of France is known for their great Rose Wines and you can expect a lot of flavor from this offering.

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Wine Tips From the Wine Guy – Try Them All

Gary Vaynerchuk is the most famous wine guy on the internet and hosts his own show on the Wine Library TV. Gary started by taking is dad’s liquor store and turning it into a wine media empire and has never looked back.

Here he is cracking open a huge bottle of champagne to toast his 1000th ShowWine Tips

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The Right Wine Glass

The Right Wine Glass

Wine glasses come in various sizes, types and made of different types of glass from decorative crystal to transparent glass. Wine glasses are made up by three parts: The Base, the Stem and the Bowl. The bowl is held to warm the wine usually for red wines, the stem is held to keep the wine cool used for white wine and the bowl holds the wine.

Wine glasses types are the result of years of research and wine studies that prove certain size glasses enhance the wine drinking experience and release the right aroma and also enhances the flavor of certain wines.

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Making Coolers Using Wine

Summer is fast approaching and the time to start planning parties, get togethers, birthdays, graduations and those special occasions.  We’ve put together some recipes to get you in the mood for the summer season with some tasty recipes for wine coolers made from Niagara Brew Club wines.

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Wine Making -Bottling Step 5

Here’s where you come in to to the process, when you’ve made an appointment to bottle your wine at Niagara Brew Club, the bottling is the final stage for you to then take your prize winning wine home to enjoy.

Bottling Your Wine:

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Wine Making- Filtering the Wine -Step 4

Wine Making- Filtering the Wine -Step 4

After the wine sits for 4 to 6 weeks depending on the type of wine, the liquid is then filtered through a filtering pump.

Wine Making- Filtering the Wine -Step 4Through the use of paper filters and the pump this will clarify the wine and remove the haze from the fermentation process and this results in a clean and clearer wine product.

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Wine Making – Stabilizing The Wine- Step 3

Wine Making – Stabilizing The Wine Step 3

After one or two weeks the wine is checked with a hydrometer inserted in the container and wine is drawn to test the alcohol content.

When .990 is recorded on the hydrometer the wine is perfectly ready for the addition of potassium sorbate to stop the yeast from growing further.

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Racking The Wine Step 2

Racking The Wine – Step 2

At this stage, the wine is one week old and it is then siphoned off to an airtight container for more developing and fermenting.

The airlock is placed in the new container, and the wine is then sitting for a few more weeks for the fermenting process to continue. Racking basically removes the solids that have settled at the bottom of the wine container.

Wine Expert-Making Wine Step 1

Wine Making Step 1 In this video the Wine Expert process is explained on how wine is made at Niagara Brew Club from the Wine Expert kits we provide which is fun to make and easy on the wallet.

Andy Watkins from Lakeland Winery walks you through the steps on how wine is made using a Wine Expert kit from beginning to the end when the wine is taken home to enjoy.  This is the same process we use at Niagara Brew Club to start you on your way of enjoying great quality wines from all over the world.

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