Another good book is Home Winemaking by Terry Garey; it has beginner,
intermediate, & advanced sections which I found helpful as a newbie. This
author doesn't go into wine kits or making wine from grapes as much as some
of the other sources which have been suggested. Good-luck and welcome.
Darlene
Wisconsin

"William Frazier" wrote in message
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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