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Winemaking

Through the gracious generosity of the monks at St. Procopius Abbey I have been learning to make wine using the grapes of their vineyard and the fruit of their orchard. Two years of "vinting" have been completed and the grapes of 2008 have been harvested, fermented, bottled and turned over to the monks. The wine types for 2008 were apple, Niagara white, Carco Red rose, Beaujolais style Concord, wild Concord grape and a variety of other Concords.

Harvest is complete for this 2009 growing season. The pre-fermentation is done for all wines and secondary fermentation is either (for the various wines) at the end stages or complete.The apple and Beaujolais have been bottled. And hopefully soon all the wines except for the Concords will also be bottled. Wines for this year are the abbey's traditional concord and other concord mixes, Beaujolais and Bordeaux style wines, wild Niagara and wild Concord wines, Carco Red rose, apple, Niagara white and (hopefully) a sparkling rose Concord.

I have added a few pictures of the process for viewing. If you are interested in participating in this process please contact me via e-mail. Or if you are interested in the monastic lifestyle and might even like spending a weekend staying with the monks and getting a feel for their life please vist the abbey's web site.


Last Updated 2/19/10
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