On Dec 28, 6:50*pm, "Jim" > wrote:
> Ok people, I am a dummy and don't know where to start in making my very
> first batch of wine, but before I get started, I guess I should know what
> you guys are talking about, soecifically the terms in which you guys use
> here.
>
> Would someone please take as much time as they can afford to give me and
> tell me what terms are used and tell me what they mean. Or are you all going
> to tell me to GOOGLE IT ?
>
> I've read some on the net about making of wine and it sure as heck interest
> me, but I don't see the terms on google that you guys use here, so if
> someone will please enlighten me on what these terms mean, I would greatly
> appreciate your help.
>
> I would, naturally, like to know these terms and have a complete
> understanding of them before I make that first batch. I want to be able to
> tell if I screwed up or if I did good. I know my taste buds are different
> from others and what may be good to me, may be pure SH-T to someone else. I
> want to be able to do the taste testing where someone takes a small sip,
> moves it around in their mouth and spits it back out and comes up with some
> sort of rating of the wine.
>
> Can or will somoen help ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim

Hi Jim;

I, too, am a relative newcomer to winemaking. Started my first batch
in June of this past year and have not had any great disappointments
after 20 gals or so of winemaking.

I would highly recommend for your first few attempts that you use Jack
Keller's site and his recipes for using Welch's juice concentrates
(Iink below). You need only the bare essentials for chemistry and
control, you can make decent drinkable wine quickly, cheaply and it's
very hard to make a mistake! My second batch of wine was using
cranberry juice concentrate and Jack's recipe as a framework and it
was the hit of our Christmas dinner after only 6 months aging.

http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/reques65.asp

Good luck; this is a great group and winemaking is a great and, ah,
self-serving hobby!

Mike