Welcome to Wines By Design!
We are a full service, on-premises wine making facility and wine-making kit supplier, located in Rochester NY. If you’re interested in making your own wine, come on in and we can help! We have hosted families, small groups, wedding parties and corporate team building events.
Or, if you are already an experienced vintner and are simply looking for supplies, we can help with that too. While our primary focus is wine-kits, check in with us, if we don’t have it in stock, we can probably get it for you!
For more detail on how your time will be spent making your very own wine, please see: our process.
2019 Wine Tasting Results
The 2019 Wine Tasting Results are in!
Congratulations to this year’s winners!
Recipe: Mango Curry Chicken Thighs
From our friends at Winexpert: Symphony Gewürztraminer!
Recipe: Smoky Beef Koftas
From our friends at Winexpert: Corazón!
Recipe: Golden couscous stuffed peppers
From our friends at Winexpert: Black Cab!
2019 Wine Tasting Competition
It’s here!
The annual WBD Wine Tasting Competition!
You’ve worked hard perfecting your wines here at Wines By Design and once again, you have a chance to show it off.
Coming soon: (Saturday, March 23 from 12p – 4p to be exact) we are holding our annual competitive tasting event.
Special bonus: All attendees will receive an Owners discount of 15% off all wine kits during the event.
(Excludes the limited edition kits: Winexpert: LE2018, Vineco: Passport and RJS: 4Fugitives wine kits.)
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, March 22 (contest closing time is 7p).
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!)
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.
A quick recap (TL;DR):
- Drop off up to 3 bottles per person by Friday, March 22 at 7p.
- Join us for wine judging on March 23 beginning at 12p.
- See how your wines stack up against all the WBD competition!
We’ll provide: palate cleansing crackers, snacks, appetizers, munchies, and more!
Sign of the Times – 10
Sign of the Times – 10
It’s our next “Sign of the Times” entry!
This month: Good company!
(WBD Translation: The best wines are the ones we drink with friends.)
OK, so it’s been a while for a “Sign of the Times”, but we’ve been focused on our Instagram account, don’t cha know…
You DO know we have an Instagram account, right?
Check out some of our other graphics.
Note: A number of these are created on Canva and/or using Avery label software. You can check out our post on creating your own labels .
Got a “sign” you’d like to suggest or one you’ve created and don’t mind us sharing? Drop us a note on our Contact page.
Recipe: Mushrooms in white wine sauce
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Juice Sale 2018
Juice Sale 2018
Juice Sale 2018
Once again, Wines By Design is having a Fresh Juice Sale!
For those of you who are home vintners (or even those that want to start): We’re having our annual Fresh Juice sale. Once again, we have a nice selection of whites and reds (see Our 2018 Juice Sale list below). This year, we are targeting an early-mid October delivery date. (The date will be finalized as orders are taken.)
As in the past, juice will be delivered in 5 gallon plastic pails and be available for ONE DAY ONLY. Juice MUST be picked up on the day the truck arrives. We CANNOT hold any juice beyond that day. Your receipt will be necessary for you to obtain your juice. Any unclaimed juice will be forfeited and your money will be refunded.
Please note: Our supplier adds sulfites to the fresh juice. This may effect fermentation if you choose to use wild yeast only .
Note: Wines By Design acts as a shipping agent only and is not responsible for the quality of the juice.
Reminder: You can keep up to date with what’s happening at Wines By Design by signing up for our newsletter on our Contact page.
Our 2018 Juice list:
Whites:
- Chardonnay
- Moscato
- Pinot Grigio
- Riesling
Reds:
- Alicante
- Barbera
- Cabernet Franc
- Cabernet-Sauvignon
- Lambrusco
- Malbec
- Merlot
- Montepulciano
- Nebbiolo-(Barolo)
- Pinot Noir
- Ruby Cabernet
- Sangiovese
- Shiraz
- Zinfandel (Red)
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Business Hours:
| Tue – Fri: | 3:30p – 7:30p |
| Sat: | 9:00a – 2:00p |
| Sun & Mon: | CLOSED |
Continuing Education
Looking for something to do? Got four nights free? How about joining one of classes, we’ll show you how to make your very own delicious wine!
Wedding
Why not share your special day with all your guests? Let them take home part of your special day, a bottle of your very own wedding vintage.
A Night at Home
What’s better than a night by the fire, some artisan cheese and a bottle of terrific wine you’ve made yourself?
We heard many great things about you, so we decided to check you out for ourselves.
(BTW: They were right!)
We cannot say enough good things about Wines By Design. The quality of the wine is better than most bottles of wine you can buy at the store, plus you get to tell your friends and family you made it on your own!