So I thought, this is the perfect place to ask, what is your favorite
winemaking book for the home winemaker who focuses on fruit and veg,
and would you speak to why you find it to be the best one?

My thanks

I've trolled a few bummers lately and could use some good
recommendations!

On 4/25/2006 9:07 PM, snpm wrote:
> So I thought, this is the perfect place to ask, what is your favorite
> winemaking book for the home winemaker who focuses on fruit and veg,
> and would you speak to why you find it to be the best one?
>
> My thanks
>
> I've trolled a few bummers lately and could use some good
> recommendations!
>

Snpm,

The book "Making Wild Wines & Meads" by Pattie Vargas and Rich Gulling
has a wealth of recipes for the winemaker who wants to focus on fruits,
vegetables, herbs, and even nuts. The book is essentially a recipe
book, without a whole lot of time spent on winemaking basics. All of
their recipes are for 1 gallon volumes, which I find to be more fiddly
than is worthwhile. But their recipes can be adapted to 3, 5, 6 gallon
or greater volumes with ease. Aside from the recipes, of which there
are a great number, the book doesn't have much to offer. They don't use
many different yeasts, and don't explain why they use any particular
yeast in any particular recipe. They do recommend sulfites, which is a
very good thing for the beginning winemaker.

Good luck with your winemaking!


Cheers,
Ken

Well, there's Jack Keller's homemade wine site, if you just want to look on
the web. However, I started with the book "the Joy of Home Winemaking" by
Terry Garey. It is a basic home winemaking book which looks at starting from
the beginning with recipes for the beginner, intermediate, and advanced
winemaker. I found it useful, because it was very basic and it did not get
into the intricate chemistry of making wine. This is my 5th year of making
wine, and I usually use Jack's site in combination with Garey's book, but
that is just me.
Darlene


"snpm" > wrote in message
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> So I thought, this is the perfect place to ask, what is your favorite
> winemaking book for the home winemaker who focuses on fruit and veg,
> and would you speak to why you find it to be the best one?
>
> My thanks
>
> I've trolled a few bummers lately and could use some good
> recommendations!
>

> I started with the book "the Joy of Home Winemaking" by Terry Garey

I'll second that recommendation. It's a great way to start and it's got
lots of recipes.

Erroll

On 26 Apr 2006 14:58:49 -0700, "raindog" >
wrote:

>> I started with the book "the Joy of Home Winemaking" by Terry Garey
>
>
>>I'll second that recommendation. It's a great way to start and it's got
>>lots of recipes.
>
>and il third it! as recommended by jack keller
>terry gareys book and jacks site pretty much cover me as well

fourth it!

And this group of course.

Hoss wrote:
> On 26 Apr 2006 14:58:49 -0700, "raindog" >
> wrote:
>
> >> I started with the book "the Joy of Home Winemaking" by Terry Garey
> >
> >
> >>I'll second that recommendation. It's a great way to start and it's got
> >>lots of recipes.
> >
> >and il third it! as recommended by jack keller
> >terry gareys book and jacks site pretty much cover me as well
>
> fourth it!
>
> And this group of course.

I recommend those, too, esp. Jack's site. My one argument with both of
them is their fondness for putting boiling water on fresh fruit. My
personal opinion is that it changes the taste of the fruit, and is
unnecessary if you use sulfite. There's been much discussion about
that issue on this site, so it's a question of taste.

Other than that, these are great resources.

Kate

Probably the best book would be the one that Jack Keller has never written
but might some day. He as done more serious experimenting with fruit
winemaking than anyone I am aware of. He just has to write it.

If you are interested in real books (I assume you are) then I recommend
C.J.J. Berry's books. They are a bit dated but then winemaking is as well.
His First Steps in Winemaking is a good introduction and "130 New Winemaking
Recipes" is a real jewel. Not only does it have many excellent recipes, but
they are interspersed with excellent winemaking cartoons. You don't see
many winemaking cartoons. You can often find these used.

Ray

"snpm" > wrote in message
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> So I thought, this is the perfect place to ask, what is your favorite
> winemaking book for the home winemaker who focuses on fruit and veg,
> and would you speak to why you find it to be the best one?
>
> My thanks
>
> I've trolled a few bummers lately and could use some good
> recommendations!
>
>