The Winemaking Process
Taught by Matt Baldassano
A self-proclaimed winomaniac, Matt Baldassano has been making wine for 10 years. Taught by his grandfather, Matt took a liking to the winemaking experience at a young age and turned that passion into a full-time hobby. Now, as the founder of the Village Winery Club in Manhattan's East Village, Matt sources grapes from wine regions around the world and produces unique varietals in his urban winemaking club.
Matt turned his passion-come-hobby into a way for people to learn and connect and delivers a #grapetoglass experience to his club members through the events. Along the way, he managed to create a community - a community where people come to co-create, socialize, and, well, drink wine - wine they had a part in making.
About the Village Winery Club:
The Village Winery Club is New York City’s first urban winemaking club located in the heart of Alphabet City in the East Village of Manhattan and operates as a Micro-Winery focused on the education and experience of small production, hand-made wine that you can call your own.
Taking you from Grape to the Glass we the VWC deliver a hands-on, urban wine-making experience and several events organized throughout the process teach you the steps of making wine and let you drink it as it ages.
The world of wine is wide and varied, and in this class we'll explore the grape's path from the vineyard to your glass.
As we (virtually) walk through the steps of making wine, from the crush to primary fermentation, aging and bottling, we'll simultaneously focus on how different grapes, conditions, and choices you make along the way will affect your finished product. We'll also sample a few types of Village Winery Club wines to help illustrate these differences and train your palate.
This class is geared toward anyone who is interested in learning to make their own wine (specifically in an urban context) or wine generally. 21+ of course!
