Wedding Winemaking Party

Say I do with the wine you love! Custom labels will add the perfect touch to your personalized wines. They will look great on your table setting or make great gifts to all who attend. When you make sparkling wines for your special day we will include the carbonation fee free of charge.

  • 4 Kit Minimum
  • Free Custom High Quality Labels
  • Free Carbonation Fee

Not sure how much wine you’ll need for your wedding?
See our wedding wine guide.

* 4 Week Best Value Wines not included

01.

Getting Started

Our Cork It crew members are wine experts! We are dedicated to figuring out what type of wine or cider will best suit your palette. As a customer, you are required to pay for all ingredients before starting the fermentation process and sign the necessary documents. You will then pour the juice into a primary fermenter, add water, applicable wine additives, and sprinkle the yeast to initiate fermentation. Voila! You’re on the path to making your very own wine! Its that easy! We take care of the rest until the bottling process.

02.

While You're Waiting

Approximately 14 days later, we test the wine using a hydrometer to measure alcohol levels. When the fermentation process is complete, we rack the wine from our primary fermenter into a carboy. We add clearing and stabilizing ingredients and let the wine settle for another 14-28 days depending on the wine kit you’ve chosen as each process is different. Barrel aged wines will be an additional 3-6 months. When the wine becomes clear and the sediment has settled, we will then rack the clear product and put your wine through the final process of filtration to ensure there is no sediment.

03.

Bottling Process

When your wine is ready, we give you a call and you can book an appointment . You will sterilize your bottles using our bottle washing system to ensure they are sanitary before filling. Our automatic bottle filler and corking machine are convenient and easy to use. Once you’ve corked your bottles, you can choose one of many labels and shrink wraps to finalize the packaging. Get creative! Our customers are proud to show off their dressed up bottles while entertaining their guests! Ask about making custom labels for weddings and events $20 per batch (30 labels) The best part of course is enjoying a glass or two of your wine, the longer you age your reds, the better they get!

01.

Getting Started

Our Cork It crew members are wine experts! We are dedicated to figuring out what type of wine or cider will best suit your palette. As a customer, you are required to pay for all ingredients before starting the fermentation process and sign the necessary documents. You will then pour the juice into a primary fermenter, add water, applicable wine additives, and sprinkle the yeast to initiate fermentation. Voila! You’re on the path to making your very own wine! Its that easy! We take care of the rest until the bottling process.

02.

While You're Waiting

Approximately 14 days later, we test the wine using a hydrometer to measure alcohol levels. When the fermentation process is complete, we rack the wine from our primary fermenter into a glass carboy. We add clearing and stabilizing ingredients and let the wine settle for another 14-28 days depending on the wine kit you’ve chosen as each process is different. We will then rack the clear product, degass it to remove any extra CO2 and filter it to ensure there is no sediment.

03.

Bottling Process

When your wine is ready, we give you a call and you can book an appointment during our convenient business hours. You will sterilize your bottles using our bottle washing system to ensure they are sanitary before filling. Our automatic bottle filler and corking machine are convenient and easy to use. Once you’ve corked the bottles you can choose one of many labels and shrink wraps from our huge selection. Get creative! Our customers are proud to show off their dressed up bottles while entertaining their guests! Ask about making custom labels for weddings and events $10 per batch (30 labels) The best part of course is enjoying a glass or two of your wine, the longer you age it the better it get

Wine Making Party FAQ's

All of our wine, fruit and cider kits will yield 30 regular 750 ml wine bottles or 23 litres. Our ports, mead and ice wine will yield 30 375 ml dessert wine style bottles or 15 regular 750ml wine bottles.

If you are short on space, make wine with friends! 15 bottles of wine will disappear faster than you think! If you want to try a few different varietals check out our group packages and split up the wines between friends to diversify your wine cellar.

When you pay for any wine to be made on premise, the cost will include all the ingredients to make the wine including the juice, labels, corks, generic labels, shrink caps and the use of our facility make and bottle your wine.

Cork It offers a variety of packaging options including regular 750ml wine bottles, 1.5L bottles , 375ml ice wine and port style bottles, belgium swingtops, sparkling and cider bottles. We also have wine bladder bags and box dispensers which make bottling even easier!

Our prices range from $125 to $290 per batch of 30 750ml wine bottles. With so many options in pricing, there is something to suit everyones budget. We guarantee you will be saving BIG compared to commercial comparisons.

Depending on what kind of packaging you use, the bottling process usually is about 20-30 minutes per 30 bottles of wine. All of our equipment is automatic. Ask us to throw on some tunes and give your wine a try during your next bottling appointment.

The main difference between a 4 week wine and an 8 week wine is the length of time required to complete the wine-making process.

A 4 week wine is designed to produce wine relatively quickly, and typically involves a shorter fermentation period and a simpler, more streamlined process. These kits often use concentrated grape juice and may require less aging time, resulting in a wine that is ready to drink sooner than an 8 week.

On the other hand, an 8 week wine typically requires a longer fermentation period and may involve more complex steps such as racking, adding secondary ingredients and clarifying the wine. These wines use higher quality grape juice and grape skins, resulting in a more complex and nuanced wine with a greater depth of flavor. It will also require longer aging before it is ready to drink, so be sure to give it time in the cellar.

Cork It Wine Making

Pickup available, usually ready in 24 hours

1427 Crown Street
North Vancouver, BC V7J 1G4
(604) 986-7475

Hours:
Tuesday 11 a.m.–7 p.m.
Wednesday 11 a.m.–7 p.m.
Thursday 11 a.m.–7 p.m.
Friday 11 a.m.–5 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Sunday Closed
Monday Closed

Closed Long Weekends