Home Wine Makers Page

       This page is intended primarily to provide information for the home winemaker.
Sellers of grapes,  juice, and wine making equipment must send in a request to  [email protected].

Equipment for Sale

Local

Carboys and related wine making equipment     Contact Tom at [email protected]

Support on Winemaking

Amateur Wine Making Groups:

Nittany Valley Vintners in Bellefonte, PA:  Call Darrel Fufaro at 355-4930

Altoona winemakers at Oak Springs Winery, Altoona PA:  Call Scott Schraff at Oak Springs Winery

Twenty Home Wine Makers Sharing Grapes & Technologies    E-Mail: [email protected]     Web site:  http://www.aiusa.com/ralbro

Amateur Wine Making Instructions:Basic and Advanced         Web site:  http://www.winemakersemporium.com

Chemical Analysis of Wines and Wine Repair:
WINETECC, PROFESSIONAL TESTING FOR AMATEUR WINE MAKERS.
P.O. Box 292, Morris, CT 06763,                                                 (860) 567-1694     E-Mail:[email protected]
 
 

Locations of Wine and Beer Making Materials:

     LOCAL and LOCAL DELIVERY

  Presque Isle, 9440 Buffalo Rd, Northeast, PA 16428 800 488-7492,
             FAX 800-725-2092,    E-Mail:  [email protected]    Web: http://www.erie.net/~prwc
Great source and great people. Sells grapes, juices, and amateur wine making materials.

 Cartwright Produce, 604 Eight Avenue, Altoona, PA 16602  814 946-5156
 Delivers California Grapes and Juices in Central Pennsylvania during September and October.

  Nittany Valley F&H Store, 1169 Nittany Valley Dr., Bellefonte, PA 16823  814-383-2809
Delivers grapes and juices from Presque Wine Cellars in Erie to Central Pennsylvania in September and October. Charges about 5 dollars per 5 gallon container pickup. Sells amateur beer and wine making equipment & concentrates. Has crusher and press for rent or use on premise. Also has wine making courses on site.

  Oak Springs Winery, Old Rte 220, Altoona, PA 16601 814-946-3799
Sells amateur wine and beer making materials, including concentrates.  Possibly a grape or juice source.

West End Produce, 3220 5th Avenue, Altoona, PA 16602   814-941-0446
Delivers California Juices in Central Pennsylvania during September and October.

                       NON-LOCAL SOURCES

   Peter Brehm, an AWS member, lives in California has been selling premium grapes and juice since 1971.  He sells  frozen premium grapes.
   E-Mail:  [email protected]       Web Site:  http://www.BrehmVineyards.com

Kamil Juices, 199 Victoria Rd., Guelph, Ontario  519-824-1624
            FAX 519-824-0808,                      Web Site: www.kamiljuices.com
Sells pasteurized European juices in 10 litre containers. These are available during the year.

RJ Grape Products Inc.   1-888-602-4444E-mail: [email protected]
Manufacturer of wine kits, sterile must, and pure aseptic packaged varietal
grape juice for the home hobby winemaker.

Wine Country, 1926 W. Olive Avenue, Burbank. CA 91506   (818) 972-3995
       E-Mail:  [email protected]    Web Site: http://www.personalwinemaking.com

HomeBrew Adventures, 1109-A Central Avenue, Charlotte, NC.  28204,   (888)-785-7766
     E-Mail: [email protected]             Web Site: http://www.homebrewadventures.com

Fall Bright, The Winemakers Shoppe, 9750 Hyatt Hill, PO Box, Wayne, NY . (607) 292-3995,  Fax (607) 292-6779
     Email: [email protected]           Web Site: http://www.fallbright.com

The Flying Barrel, 103 South Carroll St. , Fredrick, MD. 21701  (301) 663-4491,  Fax (301) 663-6195
                                                                     Web Site: http://www.flyingbarrel.com

Alternative Beverage, 114 Freeland Lane, Suite O, Charlotte, NC. 28217, (800)-365-2739
   E-Mail: [email protected]                Web Site: http://www.ebrew.com

Homebrew Heaven, 9109 Evergreen Way, Everett, WA, 98204 (800) 850-2739
                                                        Web Site: http://www.homebrewheaven.com

Beer-Wine. Com,  Woburn, MA         (800-523-5423)
                                                       Web Site: http:beer-wine.com

Morning Glory Fermentation Supply   El Dorado, CA (PO Box 800, El Dorado, CA   866-622-9660
                                                                     Web Site: http://www.morninggloryfermentation.com
    

Wine Grapes

      Doug Moorehead, AWS member, of Presque Isle Wine Cellars is a large producer of wine grapes and juice. His address is above under wine and beer supplies.

     Shipments of grapes and juice are delivered to the Pittsburgh Strip area. There are several distributors who will deliver the juice and grapes to your home. A list of known distributors will be published here shortly. See the list above for central Pennsylvania.

     Peter Brehm, an AWS member, lives in California has been selling premium grapes and juice since 1971.  He sells  frozen premium grapes.
   E-Mail address is [email protected] Web Site: http://www.BrehmVineyards.com

Fall Bright is a family owned farm operated by Tom and Marcy Mitchell on the east side of Keuka Lake providing (FOB Fall Bright) 30 varieties of grapes and juices, plus a full line of Winemaking  and Beermaking Supplies. Address is listed above under wine and beer supplies.

Wine Grapes from Lodi, CA   Quality wine grapes shipped directly to amateur winemakers. Also sells frozen juice.
 See web site at  http://www.a1winegrapes.com
 Contact Allen Lombardi at [email protected]

Wine Grapes from Parlier, CA   Contact Jack & Marcia Shafer, 13378 E. South Ave, Parlier, CA 93648,  (559) 646-2586
 
Note:    If you know where one can obtain quality  grapes or juice at normal (or below) prices, please E-Mail [email protected]

I am trying to help coordinate shipments of premium grapes and juices from California to one or more central points on the East Coast in order to obtain premium grapes and juice at lower cost based on volume. There are some new sources of grapes delivered directly from California, but they are cheaper if purchased in volume. If someone in the AWS winemakers group would like to coordinate large shipments in order to reduce the price, send a note to me, Tom Pelick, AWS webmaster at [email protected]
  
                Amateur Wine Competitions:

   National:
The American Wine Society  holds an annual amateur wine competition for its members at the November annual conference.
 Entries per AWS member at $15 each is the cost of entry. 

Regional
  The  AWS Regional Amateur Wine Competition is hosted by the Mt. Nittany Chapter in State College, PA on the third Sunday in September.         This event is usually accompanied by a pig roast.

    . Also visit Tom Pelick's Home Page

                                                         The Three R's in Zinfandel: Rosenblum, Ridge, Ravenswood
                                                                           Kent Rosenblum, Rosenblum
                                                                                     Paul Draper, Ridge
                                                                                     Tom Pelick, Tom Pelick Cellars (Amateur Winemaker)
                                                                                     Joel Peterson, Ravenswood

                                 The above picture represents three top zinfandel producers and one top zinfandel consumer