Your winemaking journey begins with The Crush. After crushing, you'll learn the science, art & chemistry of winemaking, inoculating the crushed grapes to begin wine fermentation. One week after The Crush, it's time to liberate your young wine from the fermentation tub into its new home, a 53-gallon American oak barrel.
The Pressing is the messiest, yet a very tasty second step! It is bottling & labeling time approximately 4-months after racking. This is your 'Wine Graduation Day' and the day your wine bottles leave Grape Expectations to be enjoyed by you.
The Pressing is the messiest, yet a very tasty second step! It is bottling & labeling time approximately 4-months after racking. This is your 'Wine Graduation Day' and the day your wine bottles leave Grape Expectations to be enjoyed by you.
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Charlie Peters, a registered sommelier, and a well-known and popular food and beverage executive, studied the wine making process for two decades. During a visit to his home state of New Jersey, he and his wife, Patty, visited a well-established wine making school operated by Lou Sodano, and thought the concept would be a perfect business model for the Las Vegas community.
Mike Schoenbaechler is a longtime resident of Las Vegas, beginning his winemaking path as an amateur winemaker with Grape Expectations founder, Charlie Peters, in 2005. Mike stepped into the professional side of winemaking in 2012, officially joining the Grape Expectations team. After Charlie's untimely passing at the end of 2012, Mike picked up the reigns as Chief Winemaker.
Grape Expectations offers a private client winery experience with handpicked grapes sourced from vineyards of California, Chile and South Africa. Red wine may be made with a single varietal or a blend of grapes. Our experts will assist you with grape selection if needed. The varietals available are listed below.
Please see below for the next open house where you may sample the different wines produced at Grape Expectations and enjoy an informative tour of the facility. Production for the California grape harvest begins in late September or early October. Our California season is the most popular. We offer the widest variety of grape varietals during this season.
