i think we all can agree that wine is an amazing alcoholic beverage when you visit a winery you probably rarely ever think of how the wine you're drinking is made red wines and white wines are actually made two different ways i was curious to see how white wines are made i had the pleasure of meeting mark juris savage owner and manager of noble state's vineyard and he pulled back the curtains and showed me how he makes his white wine according to juror savage oregon makes some of the best white wines in the country to give me a first hand look he invited me to his warehouse to see the process of my own two eyes holy cow is it confusing when i showed up to the warehouse where noble estate creates their wine i could have gotten it confused with the scientific laboratory making wine starts with the grapes on the vine it's important that the grapes are ripe if they're not perfect the wine will suffer after the grapes are picked and brought to the factory they're inserted into the bladder press this is where the grapes are gently squeezed and the juice is extracted the extracted juice falls into a bin below the press where it is then pumped into a large tank once the juice is in the tank yeast is added yeast is what converts the wine sugars into alcohol after the juices are settled they're filtered this process removes any undesirable elements in the wine following the filtering process the wine is ready to be bottled now comes the fun part preparing the bottle before you do any decorating you got to put a cork on the bottle the shiny foil that decorates the top of a wine bottle is put on by a machine once the foil is on it's time to finish the bottle by putting on the customary label making wine is a long long process but you can't argue that it's not worth it if you haven't checked out a local winery lately i highly suggest it it really is a great time but