A Good Harvest
One thing you will hear vineyardists and vintners say about starting up a winery is “it’s hard work”. All ofContinue Reading
Category: wine making
Coccinella
Lady bug, lady bug, fly away home! This year our vineyards were invaded by Multicoloured Asian Lady Bugs, or MALB. Continue Reading
Stomping the grapes
A critical phase of the wine making process at Broken Stone. At harvest this year we dumped a few lugsContinue Reading
Creating a label
We’re almost there! Our first wine, our first label. In the background, there is the outline of a vine ballContinue Reading
Circle of Wine
Our hard-won grapes are now officially a young wine. From this point to bottling it’s a 8 month journey pastContinue Reading
Seed of an Idea
Two weeks after fermentation begins, the must stops bubbling and all the skins sink to the bottom of the fermentationContinue Reading
Let the wine making begin
Saturday it was a busy day. Eight hardy workers arrived at the crack of dawn early to take grapes offContinue Reading
First Vintage: Hand Bottling at Sugarbush Vineyards
A four-spout filler, hand-cranked floor corker, four willing hands, and good humour
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