Thanks so much for all the advice, you have saved me and my wife a lot
of grief.

I'll go with keeping my eye out on ebay and/or building something. I'm
pretty decent at woodworking and welding (not a cabinet maker but I
have the tools).

I'm going to pick up a couple of more books which she clearly needs or
else she would have had a better idea of what to ask for. I've
already told her not to expect a crusher or press. As pointed out
there are lots of other related things I can give her. She still
needs to make some more "easy" batches before she gets into doing her
own. So I'll get some sterlizer and corks etc.

I have to give her credit for having started the grapes a few years
ago, so she actually might have some plus the vine that's been here
for 40 years has been pruned up and should provide better fruit.

Thanks again for all the help, it saved me money and my wife from
disappointement. Iin fact she ws happy when I gave her all the info I
received here.

If anyone has plans for recommendations that they would prefer to
email, feel free to send them to

goingjag at yahoo dot com

I put nospam in front of my name but I think the bots strip that out
and get me anyway!

Happy Holidays to all and happy good cheer making!