Terrariums with a Twist

02/17/2025

Your Take-Home Wine is Fermenting! Now What?

A huge thank you to everyone who joined our Homemade Wine Workshop on Valentine’s Day! We loved exploring aromas, tasting wines, and watching a live winemaking demo together. Now, it’s time for your take-home quart of juice and yeast to begin its transformation!

Fermentation Basics
Your juice is now in primary fermentation, where yeast converts sugar into alcohol and CO₂. You should see bubbles within the first few days!

Fermentation in Action:

(Glucose → Ethanol + Carbon Dioxide = Future Wine!)

Troubleshooting & Tips
Store in a **cool, dark place** (65-75°F)
Keep the **lid slightly loose** to release CO₂
No bubbles after 48 hours? Try:
- Swirling the jar gently
- Moving it to a warmer spot
- Adding a pinch of baker’s yeast as a backup

Adapting Your Fermentation
Sweeter or Drier? Stop fermentation early for sweeter wine or let it fully ferment for a drier taste.
Scaling Up? Love the process? You can double or triple your batch using the same method and an airlock system.
Customize Your Flavor! Experiment with fruit, oak chips, or blending wines after fermentation.

We’d LOVE to see your progress! Share a photo or comment below with your bubbling brew. Winemaking is an art—every batch is unique, so have fun experimenting!

02/15/2025

We celebrated our one year anniversary on Valentine’s Day by introducing our latest Twist: Homemade Wine. It has been my goal to share my fascinations of Chemical and Biological concepts through Wine & last night all I saw were stars! We were blown away by the participants who shared their lasting commitment to one another and fellow home brewers that added to our educational romantic evening. Thank you for selling out our first class of the year and we hope to see you for our next session soon! 🍇

A special thank you to the Civic Garden Center for sharing your space and resources to support this event to take place 🌱

This session included: Sensory Analysis of Aromas, Informal Wine Tastings, and Homemade Wine Demo. Participants took home a quart of delicious red grape juice to begin fermentation at home. ✨

05/26/2024

My small business is quickly growing! Starting off as a terrarium hobbyist and tasting enthusiast to now business owner has been one of the most fun ventures yet! I’ll teach you what I know along the way 🥂

Let’s meet again at your favorite spot in town 🌱

Thank you to everyone that helps this experience happen 🙏 .otr

05/10/2024

Join us next time on our botanical adventure creating terrariums! We hope you enjoyed your experience creating your own miniature ecosystem! Thank you for choosing us and we hope to see you again around town 🌱

Considering to switch things up to your next corporate outing, brewery meeting, or even a night out with friends? Give us a shout and we may just be the twist you’re looking for ✨

Thank you to: Green Umbrella for inviting us to be an addition to your Midwest Regional Sustainability Summit 🌎, all of our customers for tagging and sharing your creations, and to all of the general support of our friends and family 🙏

05/04/2024