Product Description

Written expressly for beginning and advanced amateurs, this guide explores home winemaking in practical terms, focusing on the latest fermentation techniques of both red and white wine grapes. Detailed information on equipment, supplies, and mistakes to avoid will make getting started easy. Advanced winemakers will appreciate full explanations of sophisticated topics such as malolactic fermentation, extended maceration sparkling wines, and chemical testing. Also included in the new edition is information on the use of oak barrels. Unlike other winemaking manuals, this is devoted entirely to wine made with grapes instead of fruit wines.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #38627 in Books
• Published on: 2000-07
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 222 pages

Amateur Winemakers of Ontario by John Tummon, President, KW Winemakers Guild
"...Home Winemaking provides a great deal of information on modern winemaking practices written in a concise and easy to understand style..."

Review
"Filled with strong basic knowledge for beginners and techniques and tricks for more experienced vintners." —Time magazine

Dallas Morning News, September 30, 1998
"...Home Winemaking Step-by-Step...is a fantastic book...detailing each part of the process, equipment needs and winemaking terms."

Customer Reviews

good info but sometimes unclear
I bought this book b/c I expect to start doing my own winemaking. This
book has a lot of good info and is very informative.

This book approaches the topic from two angles.

1. You'll be making wine from grapes
2. You'll be making wine from kits/concentrates

Now the problem isn't that it covers both topics, but that I was sometimes
unsure which angle the author was coming from.

For example, he talks about various procedures used in the wine making
process. But I was often unsure whether some procedure would only be done
if you were making wine from kits, or if you followed only when making wine from grapes.

So from a beginner's stand-point, reading this book didn't always make sense.
I suppose it will after I start making my own wine, but for a non-experienced beginner, I felt like some clarification needed to be
made as to which steps were followed in each method (grapes or kits).

I think another reviewer used the word "tangled". I kind of have to
agree b/c it wasn't always clear which method the author was referring
to.

easy read
This book is easy to read. It gets to the point immediately. Easy language.

Excellent condition and fast delivery! Good seller.
Excellent condition and fast delivery! Good seller. Helpful book and very easy to read.