If you are a year or two away from making wine with your own fruit, I would
suggest you get your feet wet by making a kit wine or two. They are easy,
good ones make decent to very good wine, and you will learn a lot that will
help you when you start using fruit. Fruit can be tricky the first few
times but the kits are virtually fool proof.

Ray

"Jerome. Jacques" > wrote in message
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> I am considering getting into making wine within a year or two. I have
> no experience with wine making at all. I have four grape vines in my
> back yard that I am considering making the wine from. I am sure that
> with only four vines I will only realize a small amount of wine at the
> end of the process. My questions concern bottle size when I get to that
> stage.
>
> Question one: Does the size of the bottle matter?
> I am considering using beer bottles. The reason I ask is with such a
> small amount of wine that can be made from four vines, a 750 ml bottle
> would represent a large portion of the total I would make. I would
> prefer to open a small amount when it comes time to drink it.
>
> Question two: Is the opening of a beer bottle the same diameter as a
> wine bottle?
> In other words, can I use the same type cork ss for a wine bottle?
>
> Question three: Will other types of caps work or cause problems on a
> beer bottle besides a cork?
> I ask since I know someone who home brews and can borrow beer bottling
> equipment from him.
>
> I would also appreciate any suggestions about making small quantities of
> wine such as I would be doing.
>
>