The Experience

At Camelot Cellars a boutique winery located in The Short North Arts District of Columbus, Ohio where we hand-craft all our wines using the finest juices from very highly sought after wine regions of the world. The grapes are havested at thier peak time and carefully de-stemmed and crushed the white juices are pressed immediatley with the reds allowed to soak on the skins for 7-10 days where they go through a cold maceration with enzymes to extract color, taninns and flavors of the varietal the juice is pressed off packed and shipped to Camelot Cellars to be hand-crafted into fine wines for you to enjoy.

Come to Camelot Cellars where you can taste wines hand-crafted in our boutique winery the tasting room is where you can taste wines to choose a wine to create for your own vintage or to enjoy a glass of your favorite wine.

You will learn and enjoy the winemaking process, beginning at the fermentation stage.  After 8 to 12 weeks, depending on your choose of wine will be ready for bottling, corking and labeling the bottles with a customized label for your private reserve.

Wine Storage Tips

Here are a few storage tips to ensure top quality wine:

Do:
Store your wine upright for the first 3 to 5 days.
After that, store your wine on its side in order to keep the cork moist.
Store your wine in a cool, dark place.
Your wine should be stored where the temperature is CONSISTENT… Bright light, movement, and temperature fluctuations can negatively affect the quality of your wine.

Do Not:
Do not constantly turn your wine. Red wines will sometimes dust (leave residue on the inside of the bottle). This is normal. Simply decant your wine.
Do not store your wine directly on a cement floor. Put a thick piece of wood under your wine storage boxes.
Do not store your wine on heated floors.

How to Store Wine

If one is new to the world of wines, you may wonder how you can store the wine so that when the time comes to pull the cork, your wine tastes as good as it possibly can. There are a few tips for wine lovers out there who wish to learn how to store wine at home for optimal wine taste, storing in the following manner is highly recommended.

Always Store Bottles on Their Side

Frequently, one who buys a bottle of wine now and then will either put it right in their refrigerator or cellar, depending on the type of wine that it is. This is fine if one is going to open it up that day but if not, storing the bottle on its side is crucial. The best way to do so is in a wine rack. The wine rack can be as simple or as ornate as one would like it to be so long as the storage unit does the trick of keeping the bottle on its side until it is time to open it up.

Keep Temperature Moderate

It is also vital that the place in which the wine is stored is of a moderate temperature. A good average temperature for a wine storage area is approximately 50 to 60 degrees, although a little bit higher or lower should not do much harm. It is important that the temperature does not fluctuate too greatly in the storage area.

Avoid Spots with Constant Vibration

It is also best to store wine in area where constant vibrations are not a factor. Therefore, high traffic areas where individuals constantly walk back and forth would not be the best option for storing wine in a wine rack or other type of storage area. Areas which see the least traffic by individuals are optimal for wine storage.

Try to Avoid Areas with Constant Light

Light is another item which may disturb the wine. This is especially true with sparkling wines. In order to eliminate the light issue, one should store wine in an area where it is not exposed to too much light.

Locations with Average Amounts of Humidity

Humidity factors may also play a hand in ruining bottles of wine as well as the corks which keep the wine in place. It is important to store the wine bottles in an area that sees a moderate amount of humidity but not too much humidity. It has been noted that approximately 70% of humidity is key.

Food and Wine Pairing

What you are looking for is harmony and balance in your pairing. Wine on its own tastes different than when it is paired with food. If it is complementary, wine can impart its flavours to a dish, thereby giving the food an added layer, or food can lend its flavours to the wine. If they clash, or if one overpowers the other, the experience will under whelm and disappoint and can sometimes lead to flavours that are not present in either, like an unpleasant metallic taste which can result from high tannin content and oily fish. With the right pairing, wine and food can combine to give your palate great