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Farm News: Wollersheim Wine Expands To Brandy

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Posted: 12.02.2010

Although it seems quiet at Wollersheim Winery since wrapping up harvest, the end of the year is about to get quite spirited – literally!

Permitted wineries in Wisconsin are now allowed to distill brandy, and Wollersheim Wine in Prairie du Sac is taking advantage. Winemaker Philippe Coquard has activated the copper Portuguese pot still to begin boiling Wollersheim’s first batch of 100% Wisconsin brandy. 

Using his wine from Wisconsin native estate-grown St. Pepin and La Crosse grapes, Coquard will be distilling at the winery throughout the month of December, and then aging the brandy in 7 custom-made Wisconsin oak barrels for about two years.
 
Coquard is thrilled to finally get the project underway, and sees a deliciously “fruitful” future for the brandy. “The first taste was fruity, grapey and winey. I can taste so much amazing potential in every drop. After two years in the barrel, it will be full of phenomenal flavors, beautiful colors and smooth, round texture.” 

Details of the brandy, including the name, bottling and release date, are still in development as the project progresses, but the estimated release of the finished product will be sometime near December 2012.

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