Wine Selection

Here is a listing of the wines you can make at The Village Winemaker: click on one of the three categories: Red, White, and Specialty to explore. The same wine (e.g. Merlot) may be available as Regular, Premium, Platinum, and/or Super Platinum.

Regular wines are usually made from grape juice concentrates and are less expensive. They produce an equivalent quality to a store bought wine valued at $6 to $10. The price of making a thirty-bottle batch at The Village Winemaker is about $3.60 per bottle. Regular wines are ready for bottling in four weeks and require minimal aging before consumption.

Premium wines are made from a combination of pure grape juices and grape juice concentrates; they are ready to bottle in six weeks and should be aged from one to six months before consumption. Premium wines produce an equivalent quality to a store bought wine valued at $10 to $15. The price of making a thirty-bottle batch at The Village Winemaker is just over $5 per bottle.

Platinum wines are limited in selection and are made from pure grape juices and select grape juice concentrates. The juices are usually from Australia or Europe and employ a special process during production. The equivalent value of in store bought wines range from $10 to $20. The price of making a thirty-bottle batch at The Village Winemaker is under $5.50 per bottle. Platinum wines should be allowed to age for four to eight months before consumption.

Super Platinum wines have only recently become available. We can now offer wines that are “vineyard specific”, for example our Talagante Chilean Merlot which comes from the Talagante vineyard in the famous Maipo region of Chile. These wines usually have large grape packs added (grape skins, stems and seeds) to enhance the character or they may have oak shavings, chips or cubes to enhance the complexity. Equivalent value is $15 to $30 per bottle. The price for a thirty-bottle batch is about $6.40 per bottle at The Village Winemaker.

We guarantee all of our wines because our goal is for you, our customer, to make wine that you are excited about drinking and sharing with your friends and family.