Andy,
I agree - you follow the basic principles and hope it turns out & that you
like it. There is one other point - when you make a wine for the first
time, look at it as a learning experience (write things down), and be
prepared to change the wine when you make it the second time around. I've
learned a lot from the wines I've made the first time around, and I made
changes to a number of them when I made it the second time around.
Darlene

K.J.Kristiansen" > wrote in message
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> Hi Andy
>
> I think that what they are trying to tell you is that it is all about
> good luck (after following some basic principles)!
>
> Ken Vale > wrote in message
.rogers.com>...
> > Andy j. wrote:
> >
> > >Hi.....perhaps this has been covered before.....if 2 seperate
> > >winemakers make the same recipe say this
> > >one.....http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/reques65.asp.....one person
> > >being a novice the other an expert.......they both follow the
> > >directions perfectly....same temperatures,ingrediants,
> > >containers....everything the same....what are the variables that make
> > >the more experienced winemaker's wine awardwinning and the other wine
> > >ordinary??....just wondering....is it all in the wrist action or
> > >what?.....Andy J.
> > >
> > I would say ingrediant selection (ingrediants very from place to place,
> > and time of year) and ingrediant preperation (more care / less care,
> > speed of prep), speed of manufacture, efficent tool use, guesstamation.
> > Ken