Greetings,

I just subscribed to this group and have some questions. I am in the
midst of making my first batch of wine using a kit but am interested
in making fruit wine and am currently reading the book "The Joy of
Home Winemaking" by Terry Garey.

I notice most of her recipes call for ageing of a minimum of 6 months
to a year. The (grape) wine (White Zinfandel) I am making now seems to
require about a couple of months from start to drink. I would like to
know what happens during this ageing process and can it be shortened
for non-grape fruit wines?

I would like to make several different kinds of fruit wines
(raspberry, peach, apple, raisin, etc...) a gallon at a time (say a
month apart) but if it takes 6 months to drink one I am reluctant to
start doing different ones till I taste the first one completed.

Thanks,
Mike