Consulting Winemaker

With over 15 years of hands on winemaking experience Rob Deignan can act as your onsite wine or cidermaker. If you are not quite ready for the overhead of a full-time employee Rob can work with your production team to provide the expertise necessary to make your next award-winning wine. Engagements are available as hourly, monthly or fixed fee dependent on the client’s needs and budget. Contact us below for a free consultation to discuss your project.

Lab testing

As a 2011 Graduate of FLCC’s Viticulture and Enology program Rob Deignan has a strong background in the science behind winemaking. He can provide full analysis, and recommended corrections, on grapes in the vineyard, incoming juice as well as fermenting and aging wine. Understanding the analysis will help to identify how to produce the best product from your harvest no matter the conditions.

TA (g/L tartaric acid)
% Alcohol
Volatile Acidity (VA, g/L)
Free and Total Sulfur Dioxide
Malic to Lactic Acid Convertion
Brix and Residual Sugar Concentration
Dissolved Oxygen

Product Development

Finger Lakes Wine Consulting has helped launch and expand numerous labels throughout New York State. Rob’s ten years of experience working in a wine lab with an on site PHD chemist has awarded him with a solid understanding on how to build trials, increase shelf life of your existing products as well as work with owners and winemakers to develop new product offerings.

Wine & Cider Production

Finger Lakes Wine Consulting believes in colaboration and has built a srong network of parners in the industry. We can help source fruit from local growers, find a custom crush facility that is right for your production needs and connect with bottle, cork and label vendors you can trust to present your product the way you envision. To speak more specificlly about your project, however big or small, please contact us today.

+1 (585) 943-9625