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Home Winemaking: A Simple Guide to Making Your First Perfect Bottle of Homemade Wine by [Thomas R. Jennings]

Home Winemaking: A Simple Guide to Making Your First Perfect Bottle of Homemade Wine Kindle Edition

by Thomas R. Jennings (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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I've been in the wine biz as well as a wine lover my entire life and really enjoyed this one! - Nick Cifonie

So useful for new winemakers - Ffamran mied Bunansa

Excellent resource for anyone interested in becoming a home wine maker. - E. Sondreal

It doesn't take a winery expert to produce your own bottles of unique, signature wine. Even though it is a learning process, it is one where you will enjoy absorbing information from experts and veterans as you hone your skills.

This book will walk you through the process of making your first bottle of wine at home as perfect as possible and attempt to steer you clear of any pitfalls that may stand in your way.

Here are a few things you'll learn in this guide:

The science behind winemaking

What equipment to use

The importance of pH

How to crush the grapes

How to avoid mistakes

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Thomas has written an easy to read, beginners guide to creating delicious wine at home - D. C. Wiggs

The author goes into detail about everything that a wine-maker would need to know - Mindy Lee

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44 pages
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August 12, 2012
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008X01E90
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 12, 2012
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 128 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 44 pages
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Best Sellers Rank: #2,232,452 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,558 in Cooking, Food & Wine Reference (Kindle Store)
- #2,546 in Alcoholic Beverages (Kindle Store)
- #3,566 in Wine (Books)

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Two Bears

Less than adequate

Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2012

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I made wine on the sly in my teens with the natural yeast in the grape skins, and a little Fleishman's yeast when I could sneak it out of my Aunt's kitchen.

Then I made wine up until I moved into an apt 15 years ago. I have my own place again and want to get back in my hobby again.

This book is more for family owned wineries than for people such as myself who does not want the hassle of buying grapes, buying or renting a de-stemer, crusher, bottles and corner.

All I wanted was simple instructions (a recipe book really). After all I have been out of the hobby for 15 years.

I want to get some carboys, hydrometer, wine yeast, air lock, stoppers, Campden tablets, yeast nutrient, and make wine out of juice (either fresh or frozen)

I wish the author had dedicated a little more time talking to hobbyists such as myself who want to make 25-50 gallons of wine a year.

If you are wanting to get in the hobby yourself; avoid this book and check out the videos by Craig Farraway on You Tube. His You Tube ID is Craigtube, and get you a book of recipes.

I used to get my supplies and yeast from Semplex of America and I got a little book from them. It was 8 1/2 by 11 sheets stapled together but it had 144 recipes, and I made lots of different wines (even pineapple wine that my relatives loved to use in cooking.)

If I was making wine to sell this book would be ok but useless for a hobbyist such as myself.

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Measured Reason

A Simple Guide... Very Simple.

Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2013

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I hate giving bad reviews on books. But when the situation merits it...

This book, as the author notes, is his first. This is readily apparent in the depth of knowledge contained in the text. Although there are no notable mistakes, there is a definite lack of real and usable knowledge. In fact, I would put the scope of knowledge in this little ebook below entry level. This is because most of the information contained in it is general knowledge. Anyone with more than a passing knowledge of wine-making would find little of interest in this book.

Information, such as "Now that you have the corks, you need a way to install them. The easy method is to shove your cork in and tap into place using a small rubber mallet." (p.69), is often at such a low level as to be useless. I would suggest that using this method would result in a higher than average amount of broken bottles, ruined wine, and cut fingers. I have never before heard of this method being attempted, let alone suggested, by anyone who has actually made wine.

The book does not contain even one recipe for making wine, and concentrates exclusively on grapes as a wine-making ingredient. There are no methods mentioned as to how to go about making even grape wine, other than to say it needs to be fermented, you need yeast, you need equipment. For example, the book mentions pressing the juice out of the grapes, and that wild yeast will immediately begin the fermentation process. But it does not mention that this can spoil the wine, and give it an off taste, turn it to vinegar, or even make it hazardous to your health because of bacterial growth. Further, there is no mention of how to prevent or deal with the wild yeasts that cause this. This typical of the topics in this little 75 page book.

On the up side, if you are completely ignorant of how wine is made, the equipment used, and the scientific process, this may be the book for you. Also, the relatively low price is close to the actual amount of knowledge gained from this book, so its price to value ratio isn't completely outrageous. It's obvious that the author has much more knowledge than is displayed on the pages of the book, so I would encourage him to write a more serious and in-depth manuscript.

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Caroline Phillips

Using common ingredients and tools to make wine at home.

Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2014

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The writer keeps it light but packs in lots of information, tips, tricks, etc. Then goes on to provide bunches of one gallon sized recipes. Exactly what I was looking for! I have a small orchard and always try and use the produce or give away what I can't get done. Making wine ate home will extend the season and use more of the produce!

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Dennis Shipp

love it

Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2018

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easy to under stand

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TPG55

Pretty Basic but good

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2012

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This book is a good summary of a-z winemaking, but not enough to really get your arms around the varied process. It is still informative and worth a read, good reference, but missing some detail. I'm glad I bought it and glad I own it.

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Stewart M. Cockrell

Not much real info

Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2013

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Good thing I only paid .99 cents for this. There wasn't much in here that you couldn't just find from an Google search. But for the dollar I paid for it, I got some insights. I was just wanting a little bit more.

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Pat

Wish I read this book first

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2013

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Great first book. I found the mistakes that caused my first batch of wine to be less than expected. I wish that I read this book first. I'm ready to do a better job next time.

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Kristin M.

Lots of information,

Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2014

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It sounds like a lot of work. I will try a kit first.
Amazon has a good variety of kits to choose from.

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Eleni

Very Limited

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 15, 2013

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The author does try to give a fairly sensible guide to wine-making but it is entirely confined to grape wine with much talk about grape types and sources. There is no mention of 'country' wines etc. There are no illustrations - even simple line-drawings - so there is no way of knowing what the equipment he talks about is like. He works on the premise that you want to make wine just because it is more satisfying to do so than going out and buying a bottle. The book doesn't come even close to C. J.J. Berry's "First Steps in Winemaking" which hasn't been beaten since it came out in 1960!

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noddy

useful resource

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 26, 2013

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A friend and I decided my grape crop this year was worth using for wine, so between his experience and reference to the book we made some but won't know if we've been successful until February. Another reader might use the book in more depth.

lyndiep

Dissapointed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 13, 2013

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Sadly i was dissapointed with this little book, having downloaded it to my ipad i eagerly read through the first few pages which covered the basics for making wine with grapes. I nearly skipped that to find information on fruit wines and some receipes only to find that there wasnt anymore! I suppose thats the downfall of buying an electronic version of any book, you dont actually know how big the book is! Luckily i used to make wine and could follow the book, but i cant help but think that if i were new to the hobby the book might have put me off.

MARK FARRAR

Rubbish

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 11, 2013

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Old and out of date complete waste of time and money. Don't bother with this you are better off without it

Laughing gravy

Helpfully book..

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 30, 2013

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Very helpful book for beginners, explains the process very well and easy to understand, would have liked a few diagrams though..

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