"Mike Kauzer" > wrote in message
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> Can anyone suggest a magazine subscription that I could give as a gift
> to my father who is going to try to become an amateur wine maker.

I don't know about magazines, but you should direct him to the
rec.crafts.winemaking newsgroup. There are a lot of very knowledgeable
regulars there - some of them professionals. It's about as friendly as this
NG (which by Usenet standards is quite good).

Tom S