Joy of Home Wine Making

Port and sherries whites reds roses and melomelsmake your own wine without owning a vineyard!If you can follow a simple recipe you can create delectable table wines in your own home. It''s fun it''s easy-and the results will delightfully complement your favorite meals and provide unparalleled pleasure by the glass when friends come calling. You don''t have tore-create Bordeaux in your basement to be a successful home vintner-you can make raisin wine and drink it like sherry or use it to accent your Chinese cooking. Raspberry or apricot wine lend themselves to delicious desserts. And if you are interested in more exotic concoctions rhubarb champagne is the ultimate treat.The Joy of Home Winemaking is your comprehensive guide to:the most up-to-date techniques and equipmentreadily available and affordable ingredients and materialsaging bottling racking blending and experimentingdozens of original recipes for great-tasting fruit winesspice wines herb wines sparkling wines sherries liqueurseven homemade soda pop!a sparkling brief history of winemakinghelpful illustrations and glossaryan extensive mail-order resource sectionWhether you prefer your wine dry of slightly sweet The Joy of Home Winemaking has all the information you need to go from casual connoisseur to expert home vintner in no time.