Winemaking Notes

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Our new grape crushing facilities are extremely popular!
Many people took advantage of our grape crushing area last year. We acquired a crusher-destemmer that was originally used at “Bailey Vineyards” in Troy many years ago by our friend Karl Bailey. Karl & the vineyard (now a subdivision) are no longer with us but his crusher lives on!

You provide your own pails and buckets and crush the grapes yourselves, we provide the crusher-stemmer and a hose for clean up. We are not responsible for spilled grapes or juice. Cost .05/lb to use the crusher-destemmer.

Large amounts of grapes are quite easy to pick and you get the best price. Most pickers (depending on variety) can pick from 1 to 2 or more bushels per hour. Bring your friends and get quantity discounts.

We will still have grape juice available in 5 gallon plastic pails although we urge everyone to pick their own grapes and use our crusher-destemmer if possible.

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Grape Pails (or grape bags)
Make Red Wine the Easy Way!

Grape pails are a plastic pail, with a nylon stainer bag in it, tied with a loose knot, filled with crushed and de-stemmed grapes and quickly frozen.

Different ways to use grape pails:

1 - These grape bags may be added to grape juice to add color and body resulting in a red wine.

2 - Ferment the juice right in the bag. They are very handy when you do not have a press - just squeeze them by hand or let them drain - And the strainer bags are re-useable!

3 - Make a second run wine. After fermenting the juice in the bag, let them drain slightly, put back in the fermenter and add a few gallons of sugar water. The wine will be much lighter than the original, but interesting.

Honey Farm Notes

Bulk Raw Honey Price - $1.75/lb

Good News ... When you experience the fragrance of a field of wildflowers or an orchard in full bloom, envision this captured in a jar of our pure Michigan honey. The aroma emanates from the nectar in each flower. The bees collect this sweet nectar, return it to the hive and remove the excess moisture. This distilled nectar is honey! Because of the variety of clovers, trees, wildflowers and vegetables that grow in Michigan, our bees produce a honey of exceptional quality. We then extract, lightly strain, and package the honey into the many fine products marketed by Honeyflow Farm.

Observation Hive ... Did you ever wonder where the honeybees put all that nectar in those wooden boxes (hives) that beekeepers use? Our observation hive has plastic sides, safely keeping the honeybees in, while you watch them storing pollen and nectar. Sometimes you may even see the queen bee laying eggs. Come see nature at work.

Bring your own containers and we will fill them from our 50 gallon barrel. $1.75 lb. for any amount. New two gallon pails are now available for sale at the vineyard for bulk raw honey. (Holds 24 lbs)

Wildflower Honey ...
Our wildflower honey has been warmed only to 135 degrees. Many large packers filter and heat at much higher temperatures to retain a longer shelf life. We prefer a more natural product that may only stay liquid for three to six months. If it solidifies, it is easily converted from it’s granular state by placing the honey container in hot water for a few minutes.

Observation Hive ...
Did you ever wonder where the honeybees put all that nectar in those wooden boxes (hives) that beekeepers use? Our observation hive has plastic sides, safely keeping the honeybees in, while you watch them storing pollen and nectar. Sometimes you may even see the queen bee laying eggs. Come see nature at work.

Beeswax Candles ...
We make Hand-dipped 100% Pure beeswax candles every winter. Each candle has been dipped 20 to 30 times into melted beeswax. Beeswax candles emit a distinctive scent and are longer burning. We produce more than 100 types of candles. Visit our on-line Candle Shop at www.honeyflowfarm.com to view our candle selection.