Emily Fischl and darci-que and have taken over Hillview Cellars Winery on Creemore’s main street.
The mother-daughter team is purchasing the make-your-own wine business from Noel VanWallegham, who ran the wine shop for more than a decade and the meat market for five decades.
He has trained Emily on the process of making the wine. A recent performing arts graduate, Emily is working at the wine shop in between gigs and auditions.
Her mother darci-que is using a portion of the shop to offer custom giftwrapping, sell balloons and her Mollie Doodle books and merchandise.
They are offering an expanding wine list, making available the standards and some more sophisticated styles from the Mosti Mondiale catalogue, such as Valpolicella, Amarone, Pinot Noir, Pinot Grigio and Sauvignon Blanc.
It takes 28 days to make the wine on site in a temperature-controlled room. The customers then come in to bottle and cork the wine. Each batch fills 30 bottles at a fraction of the cost of buying it at the liquor store.
“It works out to be a great price,” said darci-que.
The Fischls say they have plans to make the bottling process seem less like work by making it more of a social event for those interested. They also plan to have wine tastings for those interested in trying new varieties.
Emily said she can order any kit and the shop will expand its regular stock based on what customers want.
The shop, which also carries wine accessories, is open seven days per week from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and after hours for bottling by appointment.
Call 705-795-5733.