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Ingredients
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Wine Ingredients
Method
Wine Making Process
- 1
Harvesting Grapes
Harvest the Syrah grapes from the Gold Hill vineyard in Okanagan Valley, BC, ensuring they are fully ripe.
- 2
Crushing and Destemming
Crush and destem the harvested grapes using a grape crusher to release the juice.
- 3
Fermentation
Transfer the crushed grapes to a fermentation vessel. Add yeast and sulfur dioxide to the must and stir well. Allow the mixture to ferment at a controlled temperature of around 25°C for 7-14 days.
- 4
Pressing
Once fermentation is complete, press the mixture to separate the liquid wine from the solids.
- 5
Aging
Transfer the pressed wine into oak barrels for aging. Allow the wine to age for 6-12 months to develop its flavors.
- 6
Bottling
Once aging is complete, filter the wine and bottle it. Seal the bottles and label them accordingly.
