And it’s a wrap!

The WBD Wine Tasting Competition is complete!

The Wines By Design Wine Tasting event was a hoot! (If we DO say so ourselves…)

We would like to start off by thanking everyone who contributed their wines to this year’s wine tasting event. There were some delectable wines this year! (Which made the judging all the harder…)

Lucky for us, judging was not OUR job! Thanks to all of you who attended, it was YOUR job to judge!

We had three categories this year: Red, White, and Dessert/Fruit. 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… we know why you’re REALLY here… you want to know the winners.  So, without further ado:

2022 WBD Wine Tasting winners ($50 gift certificates)

• Red: Deb & Jeff Benedict – En Primeur Grenache Syrah
• White: Sandy & Kayle – Cru Select Gewürztraminer
• Fruit/Sweet: Fran & Patty Smith – Toasted Caramel

2022 WBD Wine Tasting overall winner ($50 gift certificate)

• Overall: Sandy & Kayle – Cru Select Gewürztraminer

Congratulations to all!

It’s back!

The WBD Wine Tasting Competition is returning!

That’s right Virginia: the Wines By Design Wine Tasting event is making a comeback! After an 18-month hiatus, we’re going to schedule our next event.

You’ve worked hard perfecting your wines here at Wines By Design and once again, you have a chance to show it off. Enter your personally made wine.

Coming soon: (Saturday, September 17 from 12p – 4p to be exact)

The store will be closed for “normal” business, the day is devoted to the event! 

You are allowed to submit up to 3 bottles per person for the 3 entry categories: Red, White, and Dessert/Fruit. Your wine will be moved into numbered bottles and you will be the judge in the blind tasting. The highest scored wines will be the winner in each category and the highest scoring of those will be named Best of Show. Best of Show wins a $100 gift certificate at WBD and the other two winners will each receive a $50 gift certificate to WBD.

To enter, turn in your bottles at the store before Friday, September 16 (contest closing time is 7p).

For those of you with entries already submitted (from our 2020 COVID canceled event), we promised that we would keep them safe. They’ve been cellared and we will automatically enter them in this year’s event.

Note: This is limited to wine made in the Wines By Design store (from our kits). This does not include wine made from fresh juice.

For the day of the event: there will be a $5 fee for those not contributing a bottle of their finest vino. (Contest entrants are free!)

Special bonus: All attendees will receive an Owners discount of 15% off all wine kits during the event. (Excludes the “Red Dot” sale rack wine kits.)

A quick recap (TL;DR):

1. Drop off up to 3 bottles per person by Friday, September 16 at 7p.
2. Join us for wine judging on September 17 beginning at 12p.
3. See how your wines stack up against all the WBD competition!

 WBD will provide palate-cleansing crackers, snacks, appetizers, munchies, and more!

The intent of this app is to provide Wines By Design customers with:

• Easy contact info access
• List available wines
• List available wines by region
• List of favorites (my wines)
• List wines you have in your cellar (and allow you to monitor your inventory)
• Your WBD schedule

What the app DOESN’T do:

• Give customers access to what we have in stock
• Promise that WBD will get a particular style in, (we can’t control availability)
• Allow users to communicate within the app

Yup, that’s right!  We’ve moved. We’ve got a little more elbow room and more space for social distancing and just a really nice atmosphere (if we say so ourselves!). We’re just 3 miles west of our old location. Oh, did we mention that it’s an old farmhouse?

Our new address is: 3392 Buffalo Rd, Rochester NY, 14624 (on the north side).  We’re between Elmgrove Rd and Manitou Rd, so those visiting us from the Eastside may want to consider 531 to either Elmgrove or Manitou, or taking 490 to the Gates exit and traveling west on Buffalo Rd. Look for our sign out front!

We are still practicing safe social distancing. We’re doing the middle steps for everyone and asking that if you’d like to come in, please reach out and schedule an appointment with us. We’re taking small groups at this point. See more on our latest COVID update post.

If you have any questions (or concerns), please feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] or give us a call at: (585)235-1090.

Please stay safe!

The Wines By Design staff

(Note: Some people have asked: Yes, we ARE able to start wines for you if you so desire. We would need to take a phone order up front however. (And NO, sampling is not available, sorry))