Wine Making: Homemade Wine from Vine or Kit
The dream of many wine connoisseurs is to own a vineyard. Unfortunately, not everyone can establish a full-scale winery. For those interested in making wine on a more manageable scale, the Wine Making Web Guide outlines how to grow grapes in a small garden, or make wine with kits and presses. You’ll also learn about viniculture, including grape growing and harvesting, fermenting and farm financing.
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The process of home wine making is quite involved, requiring numerous tools and ingredients. Use the following resources to get step-by-step guidelines on making wine at home.
Insights for Home Wine Making
- If you’re interested in learning more about making table wine, read “The Way to Make Wine: How to Craft Superb Table Wines at Home.”
- For simple homemade wine making without fancy equipment or specialized ingredients, try this table wine recipe.
- If you enjoy home wine making, why not try your hand with hops? The findingDulcinea Beer Web Guide has a section on home brewing.
Top Sites for Home Wine Making
For wine-making instructions…
The Farm at Nanticoke Creek
is a blog maintained by wine-making enthusiasts. This section presents a step-by-step tutorial to making your own wine at home. A printable PDF of the tutorial is also available.
Viticulture & Enology
at the University of California, Davis offers an extensive guide in PDF format on the process of wine making at home. Illustrations of the required tools and techniques accompany the detailed instructions.
For home wine-making tools …
The Home Brewery
sells the equipment and ingredients necessary for wine making. You’ll find basic and advanced equipment as well as kits.
E.C. Kraus
sells home wine making kits and supplies. In addition to offering the necessary tools, this site also provides step-by-step instructions on how to make wine with fruit, grapes or concentrates.
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