The front of the store.

Monika and Gunnar Ostby are always available to help you and show you how it is done.

In this image Gunnar Ostby is demonstrating the the sterilizing and drying of the bottles, while Monika Ostby shows how the bottling is done.

Ben, Church Street Winery's Goodwill Ambassador.

At start of day Ben takes the first of many daily naps in the front of the store. Ben is exhausted from his morning run and play with many canine friends in the "dog park" by Riverdale Farm.

We will help you mix the batch from your choice from our kits.

The fermenting process takes place in our temperature controlled environment.

The process may take 4-8 weeks depending on the kit you choose.

Once your wine has fermented, it is transferred to demijohns, sealed, labeled and kept in a temperature controlled environment.

A friendly employee will phone you to set up an appointment for you to do the bottling.

You can bring your own, clean wine bottles or buy new ones on the premises, whichever you choose the first step is to sterilize the bottles.

A lot simpler than it looks, the machine is designed to make this part of the process a snap to do.

Once you have filled the bottle with your batch it is time for corking, a quick and simple task.

You might want to bring a family member or a friend to cork while you bottle.

Either way, the task is easy and the equipment will do most of the work for you.

Freshly bottled and corked, your wine is now ready to be brought home, or perhaps you'd like to spend a bit more time and add caps and labels.

Putting the labels on. (above)

Capping (right)

If you have a moment before you take your wine home, would you mind just tossing that toy a time or ten?