Boston - June 08, 2009

Bottle Shock

DIY Wine at Boston Winery

You once dreamt of moving to Cali, growing your leg hair, and making biodynamic wine by the light of the moon. (It was a nightmare, obv.)

Try a WASPier brand of wine making at Boston Winery. Operated by Venezia Restaurant’s Bruno family, the Port Norfolk winery lets you make your own vintage from grape to glass.

After choosing a preferred varietal, customers learn the ins and outs of vino synthesis. Over four separate visits, you’ll de-stem and crush the fruit, barrel your brew for fermentation, and bottle and cork your concoction before affixing your own handmade label.

Patience is a virtue (the process takes about a year), but come judgment day, your cask will spew forth 288 bottles.

And satisfy all of your grape expectations.

Boston Winery, 26 Ericsson Street, Port Norfolk, Dorchester (617-265-9463 or bostonwinery.net).