The Complete Guide to Making Your Own Wine at Home: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply (Back to Basics)
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Wine has been a staple of tables around the world for more than 4,000 years and in that time has developed into one of the most widely recognized and highly cultivated beverages in nearly every civilization on earth. From the rice wines of Asia to the grape wines of Europe or honey wines of Africa, wine is enjoyed by billions. For that reason, many people seek out ways to make and enjoy their own wine from the comfort of their homes, growing their own grapes and experimenting with a wide array of ingredients to facilitate one of the world s oldest domestic processes. Yet, without the right instruction and resources, wine making can result in just another pile of sour grapes. This book walks every potential winemaker through every process necessary in creating and enjoying wine from the comfort of your own home. From the basics of distillation to the ingredients used, homemade wine can be on your table and wowing your guests in no time. You will learn all of the basics of home wine making, starting with the wide array of ingredients available to you, including grapes and berries. You will learn what all is required to start and operate a home winery and what you may be missing right now. The basic aspects of all red wines and white wines will be detailed for you, giving you every bit of information you need to fully understand how the body and bouquet of each wine is supposed to taste and feel. You will learn how the grapes are pressed and how long you must wait between the pressing, the addition of other ingredients, and the bottling of the wine. We have also included a 16 page color insert that features pictures from various wine making process. For this book, more than a hundred wine makers, winery owners, and home wine experts were interviewed to gain a general overview of how wine making is done, with details about the difference between each wine, the right mixture of ingredients, the better wine taste, and the testing and trying of new things in each bottle. You will learn how to measure and affect the sulfur dioxide levels in your wine and ultimately how to take control of every aspect of your wines, from taste to dryness to odor and color. Everything you could possibly want to know about wine making and much more is presented in this complete guide for anyone with an eye for the hobby. Atlantic Publishing is a small, independent publishing company based in Ocala, Florida. Founded over twenty years ago in the company president s garage, Atlantic Publishing has grown to become a renowned resource for non-fiction books. Today, over 450 titles are in print covering subjects such as small business, healthy living, management, finance, careers, and real estate. Atlantic Publishing prides itself on producing award winning, high-quality manuals that give readers up-to-date, pertinent information, real-world examples, and case studies with expert advice. Every book has resources, contact information, and web sites of the products or companies discussed. Over the years our books have won dozens of book awards for content, cover design and interior design including the prestigious Benjamin Franklin award for excellence in publishing. Review: Making my own wine - A great and easy to read "how to" book. The author takes you through a short history of wine making and then explains the tools that you will use. Make sure you understand what tools are nice to have and which are necessary. Explains in detail what all the chemicals are and thier uses in wine making. Towards the end of the book he provides you with a list and details of wine that you can make. The best part is the gives the details for a gallon size batchs of wine which is the the beginner makes.And a has section to help you when you make mistakes. Review: Good for the beginner - I thought it explained things very well, for the beginner. Well worth the money. Great for a reference book to have on hand.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 82 Reviews |
J**E
Making my own wine
A great and easy to read "how to" book. The author takes you through a short history of wine making and then explains the tools that you will use. Make sure you understand what tools are nice to have and which are necessary. Explains in detail what all the chemicals are and thier uses in wine making. Towards the end of the book he provides you with a list and details of wine that you can make. The best part is the gives the details for a gallon size batchs of wine which is the the beginner makes.And a has section to help you when you make mistakes.
R**T
Good for the beginner
I thought it explained things very well, for the beginner. Well worth the money. Great for a reference book to have on hand.
E**8
Absolutely perfect for the new home winemaker
I new nothing about wine making when I ordered this book. It is excellent at explaining the process of home winemaking step by step along with the chemisty behind each step and helping you understand what is happening throughout the process. It goes over making wine from kits, juice, and grapes. Explains all equipment you may need from basics to advanced equipment and the ingredients and their purposes, how they work, and why you need them. Great Book all around. I have ordered my equipment kit and first wine kit and feel I am ready to produce my first batch of wine with some confidence and understanding of what ill be doing and why I am doing it. You will not be disappointed with this book. If you're just getting started with wine making at home their is no need for any other book. This one has it all!
T**E
the first two years were very good but last year's may yet go down the drain
If you are new at making your own wine, this is the book to read and study. We have bottled three gallons of red for the last three years. Not much work, the first two years were very good but last year's may yet go down the drain. Why? Peragine answers many questions for the beginner on the mysteries of creating wine, details of equipment and tests and step by step procedures. A good reference with lots of interesting tips from professional wine makers.
C**E
Middle of the road
As I am new to wine making myself, it is hard to compare to anything yet as this is the first book I have ordered and read. I have only used the Internet to learn making the wine I have so far. I have about 20 gallons experience behind me just from the 2012 season alone and it did help me to understand some mistakes I made. It is very easy to understand and is peppered with comments from different wineries' experiences on what is being discussed in the instant chapter. It does not go into the calculations and the actual physical and more practical remedies for mistakes as I would have like to have seen, but I enjoyed it very much. For instance, my first batch of wine I just used a yeast as suggested by a store owner. Little did I know the yeast dictates sweetness and you have to therefore pick the correct yeast above what yeast can consume in order for the wine to be "sweeter." I recommend this book for beginners, it is a great start.
R**O
Good Book for Beginner Winemakers
This is a great book for beginners getting into wine making. It discusses all types of wines and the equipment need to make your own at home. It also covers the pitfalls and problem area one is likely to encounter. I highly recommend this book.
V**.
I've really enjoyed reading this book
I've really enjoyed reading this book! I was looking for a book that would help me to gain confidence on how to use a "wine kit" package, that would hopefully end in having a drinkable wine. This book has a whole section on this end of wine making that is quite clear and easy to follow (the steps in making wine from a kit, what to watch out for, what you need, etc.). The book also includes sections that would help anybody that was attempting to make wine from grapes or grape juice, that is not included as part of a wine making kit. This is the only book that I found that "spoke to me" as a real beginner in the wine making hobby...I would not discount the value of "dummy" type books, which also may be helpful.
B**L
This book has been amazing in showing me the correct methods to making an ...
I have been making wine for about 3 years now, but I have been completely winging it. This book has been amazing in showing me the correct methods to making an excelent wine and troubleshooting past problems. Thank you for the guidance!
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