Our red wine fermenting tanks, where all of our wine starts the fermentation process, were custom-made for us in Italy. These tanks help us aerate our wine during fermentation to extract more grape flavor and better color, producing fuller-bodied red wines. All of the other tanks that you will find in our production facility were made in Sauk City, Wisconsin. Most of our wines are aged from four to six months for our young fruit wines and two or more years for our dry reds. Our barrels rest in our underground limestone cellars at the winery, also known as the tunnels. We use two types of oak barrels: French and French American Hybrid Oak Barrels. Each barrel is only used two to three times before we retire them or put them into our fortified wine program.