Home Winemaking Step by Step

Overview

A fully updated guide to making exquisite wine at home

Written expressly for beginning and advanced amateurs, this guide explores home winemaking in practical terms, focusing on the latest fermentation techniques of both red and white wine grapes. This new edition is more user-friendly than ever, containing an expanded offering of tips and advice to help winemakers obtain the best possible yield as well as descriptions of new yeasts, chemicals, and additives available. Detailed information on equipment, supplies, and how to arrange a source for good grapes as well as mistakes to avoid makes getting started easy. Advanced winemakers will appreciate full explanations of sophisticated topics—such as malolactic fermentation, sparkling wines, concentrate kits, and blending—and listings of websites for supplementary information.

Reviews

"A fantastic book to get you started, detailing each part of the process, equipment needs and winemaking terms." —Dallas Morning News

"Whether you are just starting off or looking for ways to refine your techniques, [this book] is a valuable too, for the do-it-yourself vintner." —Wine Spectator

"If you make wine, well, you've found yourself another bible." —Detroit News

Author Biography

Jon Iverson is a wine fermentation expert with 30 years of experience and the author of The Babyboomer's Guide to Estate and Medicaid Planning. He lives in Medford, Oregon.