EVENT 1: STOMP – A Saturday in early/mid March (Members only)
The grapes arrive – heaps of them. There’ll be destemming, crushing and stomping. You can get as messy as you like. There'll be wine tastings and food supplied by someone’s Nonna (all included), plus a bar (mates rates) and a DJ.

EVENT 2: PRESS – A Saturday in late March/early April (Members only)
Using nothing more than an age-old basket press, buckets, funnels and a sense of humour, you’ll capture the goodness from the grapes and lock it away in oak barrels. There'll be wine tastings and food supplied by one of our food truck friends (all included), as well as a bar (mates rates) and a DJ.

EVENT 3: BOTTLE – Saturday in late November 2015 (Members / general ticketed event)
Bring your friends to help bottle the magic! It’ll be corks in, labels on and boxes packed, all to a soundtrack of live bands and DJs. There’ll be food trucks and a bar, plus Members and Supporters get to take their wine home with them (or we can deliver it).

EXTRA STUFF
Between all the major events there’ll be opportunities to drop in, taste the wine straight from the barrel, take some measurements, bend a winemaker’s ear or just give a barrel a hug. And to whet your appetite while you’re there, there’ll be a bar as well as tastings from local specialty wine stores. There'll be at least three of these events for members during the year, and you'll be able to bring along a mate or two to show them the fruits of your labour.

DATES
Exact event dates are dependent on optimum grape harvesting times. We’ll be in regular contact to let you know the confirmed dates closer to the events (we're processing two batches, so there will be some flexibility with the dates you can attend).

WHO MAKES WHAT VARIETY?
It’s first-in, first-served. You can select your preferred variety when you buy a membership, and we'll do our best to make sure everybody's wishes are granted. If lots of people sign up we’ll probably move onto a third variety too (TBC).

NO WHITE?
You’ll be able to get one at the bar, but making white wine isn’t as fun for the first-timer because there’s less of the hands-on stuff. 2015 members will stick to making reds because they respond well to hands... and hugs. We’re not ruling it out in the future though, and we may have a barrel or two around just for the fun of it.

POSTAGE
If you select a wine pre-purchase Reward, a postage charge will be added at checkout. We've tried to keep it simple, and all figures are below market rates. If you are able to pick your wine up at the bottling party, we'll give you a refund on any postage you've paid.

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS & GIFT VOUCHERS?
Thanks for bringing it up. Noisy Ritual memberships are a great gift idea. Just send us an email after you pledge to let us know it's a gift and we'll happily post you a gift certificate (by mid-December).

OTHER STUFF
Can I make my own personalised wine? Can I have my wedding at Noisy Ritual? Can I hire your barrel room for my event?
Now? No. In time? Almost certainly.

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With your help, Noisy Ritual will be Melbourne’s first interactive urban winery. It’s all about learning through doing – getting your hands (and feet) dirty in the name of making good-quality wine. We’re out to demystify the winemaking process by bringing good people together over great wine, food and music to learn about, taste and create wine in an urban environment.

Making and drinking wine should be a celebration: relaxed, loud, inclusive and fun. And we want you to be part of these Noisy Rituals, sharing the experience of people-powered urban winemaking.

To make the transition from Cam’s basement – which is, y’know, cosy – to a fully functioning urban winery, Noisy Ritual is asking for your support. Basically, we can’t bring this people-powered urban winery dream to fruition without one key element: the people. There are a couple of membership options to cater for differing levels of preferred involvement and we're hoping the costs will be offset by generous supporters pre-purchasing bottles of wine. Once we’ve reached our target it’s all systems go for the 2015 vintage.

Alex and Sam have each been working in the wine industry for over ten years, with experience in wineries and vineyards all over Australia and in France, China and the USA. Cam knows a bit about wine and a helluva lot about events. Check out the Project Team section below for all the details.

In 2015 we’ll be making two batches – Shiraz and Pinot Noir. You can either pre-purchase some wine, which will help us out enormously, or you can choose to become a Noisy Ritual Member and follow a variety from grape to glass. Here's the lowdown:

SUPPORTER– If you like the idea and want it to become a reality, you can pre-purchase any quantity of Noisy Ritual wine and get a discount on the retail price. You’ll also get discounted entry to the 2015 Bottling event, so you can see your wine being bottled before your eyes and, if you want, take it home that day.

NOISY RITUAL MEMBER– This is where the real fun is at. Become one with the grape, learn about winemaking and meet other good people in a fun and inclusive environment. Don’t know anything about wine? It doesn’t matter. It’s all about learning through doing and our expert winemakers will guide you through the processes at all the events.

FULL VINTAGE MEMBER – This is for people who want to dig that little bit deeper. You’ll tour a source vineyard before picking and get access to the barrels whenever we’re around. On top of the major events there are additional tastings and cheese fests, and you’ll be involved in key decisions before the wine is bottled.

***Reading this on a mobile device? Check out all the donation/reward details by hitting the PLEDGE NOW button towards the top of the page.***

We want to thank all of you guys so much for your support throughout our campaign! Noisy Ritual is TOTALLY GOING TO HAPPEN! We'll be in touch soon with updates as we get our 2015 plans together.

We've had some people contact us after the finish time who are interested in buying memberships - so we've decided to make them available now at  www.noisyritual.com.au/shop

THANKS AGAIN!