Heather and I, along with our friends Scott and Lauren made a trip to the
Wollersheim Winery. We spent a lazy, hot July afternoon touring the winery and tasting their delicious wines. The Winery itself has quite the history. Here is the old wine cellar/cave that they would age there wines until ready to drink. This tunnel has had a cave in and is no longer in use.
Here are the fields of grape vines. We learned that the elevation of the soil along with the the variety of grave vine determines the sugar content of the grapes. The sugar content is what determines what type of wine will be made from the grapes.
Close up picture of the immature grapes.
In the past they used to plant rose bushes at the end of each row of grape vines. The purpose was to help determine when the grape vines were being attacked by a disease. The rose bushes would show signs of the disease first, given the farmers time to treat the grape vines before the disease attacked the farmers cash crop.
The fermentation room where various wines (both red and white) are fermented.
The cellar where the wines are aged in different type of barrels (various types of oak). The type of barrel gives a different taste to the wine. Most of their barrels come from
Minnesota.
Yum, lots of tasty wine!
Heather and I, along with our friends Scott and Lauren made a trip to the Wollersheim Winery. We spent a lazy, hot July afternoon touring the winery and tasting their delicious wines. The Winery itself has quite the history. Here is the old wine cellar/cave that they would age there wines until ready to drink. This tunnel has had a cave in and is no longer in use.
Here are the fields of grape vines. We learned that the elevation of the soil along with the the variety of grave vine determines the sugar content of the grapes. The sugar content is what determines what type of wine will be made from the grapes.
Close up picture of the immature grapes.
In the past they used to plant rose bushes at the end of each row of grape vines. The purpose was to help determine when the grape vines were being attacked by a disease. The rose bushes would show signs of the disease first, given the farmers time to treat the grape vines before the disease attacked the farmers cash crop.
The fermentation room where various wines (both red and white) are fermented.
The cellar where the wines are aged in different type of barrels (various types of oak). The type of barrel gives a different taste to the wine. Most of their barrels come from Minnesota.
Yum, lots of tasty wine!
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