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Eating and Drinking => Homebrew => Topic started by: Stellabella546 on January 20, 2021, 21:17

Title: Books on wine making for beginners
Post by: Stellabella546 on January 20, 2021, 21:17
Hello folks

I have today subscribed to this forum and this is my very first post - hope I've done it correctly!

Can anyone recommend a good book on wine making for a beginner?

Any help would be much appreciated, thanks  :)
Title: Re: Books on wine making for beginners
Post by: New shoot on January 22, 2021, 15:08
I have the River Cottage Handbook Booze which is pretty good.  It covers beer, infused spirits and other stuff as well, but goes through the basic techniques, equipment and ingredients for wine pretty clearly.  There are a decent amount of recipes and probably enough information to let you move on to other variants with confidence  :)

My only other wine making book is a very old and now unobtainable one bought in a charity shop years ago, so is not much help as a recommendation  ::)
Title: Re: Books on wine making for beginners
Post by: grinling on January 26, 2021, 16:06
C J J Berry First steps in winemaking. Covers everything with month by month of what wines to make.
try ebay or abe books
Title: Re: Books on wine making for beginners
Post by: samuria on March 07, 2021, 14:50
i have many books on winemaking the best one for a beginner
would be drink your own garden. i only make country wines
from fresh produce here are a couple of pics.
Title: Re: Books on wine making for beginners
Post by: Growster... on March 08, 2021, 06:17
I still swear by the 'Boots Book of Home Wine and Beer making', which Mrs Growster bought for me as a present in 1973...

Just seen one or two second-hand online!

(It doesn't have the recipe we still use today - https://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=77564.0)!