26 Ways to Tell Your Story and Share It with the World
From getting creative at art camp to bottling your own Zinfandel, here's how to make your whole life as YOU as it can be.
Zinfandel
You don't need a winery (or a relation named Coppola) to be a winemaker. The next best things:
Lodi Old Vines Zinfandel Kit
These make-wine-in-your-kitchen kits from Selection Estate include grape juice, additives, and easy instructions. $140, midwestsupplies.com
Vintage One Wines
At this Toronto winery, you have a hand in the entire process, from selecting grapes to helping with the crushing to customizing your label. Starting at $76 for 24 bottles, vintageonewines.com
Crushpad
Specialists guide you from vineyard selection to barrel type to bottle design. Then host a tasting at the winery in Sonoma, California—you'll barely make a dent in your 25 cases. Starting at $6,000; crushpadwine.com
Next: Mini-memoirs: Your life story in six words
Written by Rachel Bertsche, Lillian Cunningham, Arianna Davis, Nicole Frehsee, Holly Hays, Rebecca Little, Crystal G. Martin, Stephanie Palumbo, and Jessica Silvester
Lodi Old Vines Zinfandel Kit
These make-wine-in-your-kitchen kits from Selection Estate include grape juice, additives, and easy instructions. $140, midwestsupplies.com
Vintage One Wines
At this Toronto winery, you have a hand in the entire process, from selecting grapes to helping with the crushing to customizing your label. Starting at $76 for 24 bottles, vintageonewines.com
Crushpad
Specialists guide you from vineyard selection to barrel type to bottle design. Then host a tasting at the winery in Sonoma, California—you'll barely make a dent in your 25 cases. Starting at $6,000; crushpadwine.com
Next: Mini-memoirs: Your life story in six words
Written by Rachel Bertsche, Lillian Cunningham, Arianna Davis, Nicole Frehsee, Holly Hays, Rebecca Little, Crystal G. Martin, Stephanie Palumbo, and Jessica Silvester
From the February 2012 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine