Recent content by jdkelley

I am also a commercial winery in WV. We are small at about 1000 cases per year, but we're growing rapidly. I get about half my grapes from within WV, and the rest fro NY and CA.

I made four whites from juice, Seyval Blanc, Vidal Blanc, Riesling and Chardonel. I bottled each of them as pure varietals. For one of my reds, I made a Bordeaux style blend using Cabernet Sauv., Cabernet Franc, Merlot and a hybrid called Noiret. It is quite good. The other red was a 50/50...

We are in our first year, and I produced 450 cases. About 1200 gallons of wine.

We are making about 5000 bottles of wine this year and I have a 40 liter bladder press. I think your 300 liter model will be more than enough.

I'm looking for a good labeling machine. Any recommendations? We have a very small winery - just getting started. We will be bottling about 5000 bottles this year. Thanks.

On the subject of licensing for those of you still struggling with that, we just finished the process for our winery in WV. We actually used a law firm in VA that specializes in TTB compliance to get us through the process. It took us 2 1/2 months but was fairly straightforward with the law...