Turns out this little hidden gem offered really great wine and offered classes on how to make wine.  We wanted to sign up for the July class but the classes were full until October.  How cool.  Anyway at first I was going to sign up alone but it turns out it is a paired class so Dave decided to sign up too.  Bonus not only would we learn to make wine, but we got to take the class together.  What a great experience.

Hal, who is an amazing instructor and shop owner, gives a class that is so much more than just a class, along with learning about the steps to making a good wine, I feel like my brain grew ten sizes, yippee it needed that, lol.  Just kidding, but truly we learned all the technical stuff in a way that was not boring nor confusing.  We even gained knowledge of the history or wine.  Each class ended with a wine and food pairing, what a treat.

Another bonus was it was a good social opportunity for Dave and I.  It is nice to grow and make new friends.

We bottled our wine and shared lots of it as gifts for Christmas.  Now we have a bunch for our wine shelf too.  My goal is to test it and see what length of time is good to leave it sitting before it is perfect to drink.

By our second week of class we knew we wanted to start another batch brewing so we are now about a week away from bottling our next batch.

Here are some of the pictures of our winemaking process.