05-30-07 Yard Shots

Introduction to Woods Wine

The name Woods Wine was chosen because everything is at its best when consumed in the woods. Please enjoy a bottle of Woods Wine if you have one, in our favorite woods or yours...

Woods Wine is the third largest winemaking entity in Perinton, only in the shadow of our brethren Constellation Brands and Casa Larga. We make many types of wine at Woods Wine. Our winery has capacity to produce approximately 200 gallons of fine wine annually.

We currently have six French Hybrid wine grape cultivars in the vineyard:

1. Foch
2. Chambourcin (to be replaced with NY76 in the spring of '08)
3. Noiret
4. GR7
5. Corot Noir
6. Traminette

We also have two unknown grape varieties on an arbor, one white and one red. I have named these two Eleanora and Janusz. I have 40 trellis feet of Raspberries, 10 trellis feet of Blackberries, and a Gooseberry bush.

We have four pairs of fruit trees:

1. Peach
2. Plum
3. Apple
4. Pear

2007 improvements to the winery include:

1. New 42 liter Stainless Steel Italian Bladder press
2. Platforms with casters for both the crusher/destemmer and the press
3. Vastly improved system for the transportation of crushed and destemmed must using a low profile barrel dolly
4. Gravity flow system for transporting the pressed wine into the cellar

There are many outstanding Associates that help out with the Woods Wine operations:

• Marika - Assistant Winemaker, Harvesting Specialist, and Chief Quality Control Consultant.
• Jim - Migrant Worker from Kirkville NY, and Chief Mechanical Engineer.
• Jesse and Nicole - Migrant Workers from Columbus, OH, and Wine Analysis Lab Consultants.
• Amy - Migrant Worker from Chapel Hill NC, and Chief White Wine Advisor.
• Nick and Kim - Nick and Kim, Migrant Workers from Ohio. Nick is the Logistics Consultant, and Kim is the First Aid Specialist during the harvest.
• John and Nick - Vineyard Installation Consultants from Syracuse NY.
• Aunt Gene - Migrant Worker from Camillus NY, also Chief Consultant on harvest techniques.
• Annie & Thomas - Onondaga County Migrant Worker Bee Sting Advisors
• Chelsie - Migrant Worker Fashion Consultant from Upstate NY.
• Chandler and Steve - Migrant workers all the way from Minnesota. Chandler is the Recreation Director of the Vineyard, and Steve is Vineyard Floor Inspector and Consultant.