Richard - Go to www.piwine.com and click on beginners. Get their book.
It's a great start. Then read Lum's great on-line winemaking book at
http://home.att.net/~lumeisenman/index.html. You should be able to talk and
make wine after digesting these sources.

Bill Frazier
Olathe, Kansas USA

"Richard Knouse" wrote in message
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Please bear with me if this subject is already addressed....I haven't seen
yet in the last week or so of scouring this newsgroup, but could somebody
tell me even more basically what is involved with starting to make wine.
I mean as simple as what the first steps are, what the terms mean, etc.
Most of what I'm reading here I don't understand...racking, airlock, 2nd
rack, 3rd rack, etc. I have visited Jack Keller's site and found it very
helpful but am having trouble matching up his information with actual
steps in the process especially the steps I'm seeing discussed here.
Could someone provide me with an overview or outline.

Thanks in advance,
WhyKnow