{"id":903,"date":"2017-03-26T09:05:21","date_gmt":"2017-03-26T13:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=903"},"modified":"2017-03-26T09:08:03","modified_gmt":"2017-03-26T13:08:03","slug":"genesee-countycorfu-busy-bees-turn-honey-into-wine-at-corfu-winery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2017\/03\/26\/genesee-countycorfu-busy-bees-turn-honey-into-wine-at-corfu-winery\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/ Busy bees turn honey in to wine at Corfu winery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cdOArn83ts8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>GENESEE COUNTY\/Corfu<\/p>\n<p>Busy bees turn honey into wine at Corfu winery<\/p>\n<p>450 hives with 50-80 thousand honey bees in each hive are just a few of the hard workers behind a Corfu winery\u2019s signature product, honey wine.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Potoczak and his sons John and Jonathan along with family, friends and neighbors are what make the new wine operation a success.<\/p>\n<p>Michael\u2019s cousin, Tony Cefali, who is a home winemaker and head of research and development at the winery, encouraged the Potoczaks to jump into the honey wine business after they had mastered the honey making business.<\/p>\n<p>Michael has been tending to honeybees since the 70\u2019s and at the age of four, his son John started helping out and learning the hobby of beekeeping.<\/p>\n<p>Since retiring from the University of Buffalo as a teacher of math and physics, Michael has been spending more time with his bees and the family business.<\/p>\n<p>Since honeybees have been dying off rapidly for some reason, Michael decided to take his bees to a Florida orange grove last winter to split the stronger hives and come back home with more healthy new bees that have been feeding on the orange blossoms all winter long.<\/p>\n<p>After a year the new hives contribute to the honey making process.<\/p>\n<p>John says the bees make 75-150lbs of a honey in a season.<\/p>\n<p>Blending the honey with fresh pressed apple juice from local orchards allows the mixture to ferment.<\/p>\n<p>Right now Midgard offers three types of honey wine, sweet, dry and hot pepper. They also have two fruit wines, a blended grape rose and a blueberry wine made with all NYS blueberry juice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA good winemaker is one that can make a dry wine, but not make it taste dry. If they are smooth, that\u2019s the mark of a good winemaker,\u201d Michael says.<\/p>\n<p>Domenic Carisetti, who is semi- retired from the wine business after 30 years, is a consultant for the winery. He graduated from the University of California with a Masters in wine making and worked for the Taylor Wine Company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe tried some of the stuff we were making and said you guys ought to start doing this, he actually motivated us to become commercial. He oversees what we are doing and makes sure it\u2019s done right,\u201dsays Michael.<\/p>\n<p>Midgard Winery has been experiencing growing pains since they officially entered the winery business with their honey wine two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur biggest issue is finding enough space for the entire wine making operation,\u201d says John Potoczak, President of Midgard Winery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe started in a small room and we found very quickly it was not enough space, so we moved operations to our storage facility on Bell road. We retrofitted it complete with heat and insulation, the whole nine yards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because honey can be stored and does not have a shelf life, Midgard has gone to producing wine all year round this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been going really well, we are really happy with the reception NYS has given us. A lot of people really like our wine, our biggest issue right now is just making enough wine to keep our local liquor clients stocked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Midgard Winery will be participating at the Buffalo Wine Festival April 1, 2017 at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a link to buy tickets http:\/\/www.eriepromotions.com\/BuffaloWine\/default.aspx<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the winery here is a link to their website<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.midgardwinery.com\/about<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GENESEE COUNTY\/Corfu Busy bees turn honey into wine at Corfu winery 450 hives with 50-80 thousand honey bees in each hive are just a few of the hard workers behind a Corfu winery\u2019s signature product, honey wine. Michael Potoczak and his sons John and Jonathan along with family, friends and \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2017\/03\/26\/genesee-countycorfu-busy-bees-turn-honey-into-wine-at-corfu-winery\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[255,23],"tags":[257,256],"class_list":["post-903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corfu","category-genesee-county","tag-honey-wine","tag-midgard-winery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-ez","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8469,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/03\/28\/genesee-county-corfu-midgard-winery-suffers-total-loss-after-weekend-fire\/","url_meta":{"origin":903,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Corfu\/Midgard Winery suffers total loss after weekend fire","author":"aka","date":"March 28, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Provided photo Midgard Winery on Bell road in Corfu is looking to rebuild after a devastating fire on Sunday morning. 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