Home Winemaking For Dummies

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An informative, fun guide to making your own wine Since 2007, it's estimated that one million North Americans make their own wine. Relatively inexpensive to make (a homemade bottle costs from $2 to $4), a bottle with your own label (and own grapes) is a fantasy even someone with modest aspirations can fulfill. Author Tim Patterson, an award-winning amateur winemaker, shows how it's possible for anyone to create a great wine. In Home Winemaking For Dummies, he discusses, from grape to bottle, the art of winemaking, including whether to make wine from a kit, concentrate, juice, or grapes; and how to determine what equipment is required; select the right yeast and figure out if any other additives are required; store, age, and test wine; and evaluate the wine. Includes tips on creating fruit, fortified, and sparkling wines This fun and friendly guide will help any wine enthusiast take their love of the grape to the next level. With Home Winemaking For Dummies, you can create a wine of your very own that will even have friends and family toasting your accomplishment.