Home Winemakers Guidebook by The Beverage People

This guidebook by The Beverage People is a collection in one place of our most useful instructional guidance on home winemaking over the last 4+ decades.  It includes step-by-step instructions, as well assorted in-depth discussions covering a full range of important winemaking topics to guide you to delicious wine, whatever your level of expertise may be.  It is intended as a handy reference for use as you make your wine, while also addressing more complicated topics in order to improve your chances of success. 

The Beverage People is a fermentation retail outlet that has operated since 1980.  Over that time, many long-time staff members have contributed instructional content that is incorporated into these instructions.   The publication has been compiled and edited by Gabe Jackson, one of the owners of the company, from various sources contributed through the decades by these great contributors (listed alphabetically):

Bob Peak
Byron Burch
Clare Speichinger
Gabe Jackson
Jane Jackson
Joe Hanson-Hirt
Nancy Vineyard
Robyn Rosemon

Specifications

About This Book:

  • Binding: Paperback
  • Pages: 150
  • Language: English
  • Publisher: The Beverage People, Inc
  • Dimensions: 5.5" x 8.5"
How to Use

What's Inside:

  1. Overview of Key Components in Wine
  2. Winemaking Equipment & Ingredients List
  3. Preparing for Harvest: Estimating Crop Yields & Vessels Needed
  4. Preparing for Harvest: Grape Rot
  5. How to Make Red Wine Step-by-Step
  6. How to Make White Wine Step-by-Step
  7. How to Make Rosé Wine Step-by-Step
  8. Varietal Specific Approaches to Winemaking
  9. Making Fruit Wines
  10. Cleaning & Sanitizing 101
  11. Making Adjustments to Sugar or Titratable Acidity
  12. How to Use and Test for Sulfite in Wine
  13. Guide to Wine Yeast Selection
  14. Making Nutrient Additions
  15. Restarting a Stuck Fermentation
  16. The Mysteries of Malolactic Fermentation
  17. Preventing Malolactic Fermentation
  18. Techniques to Improve Red Wine Body & Flavor
  19. Adding Tannins to Wine
  20. Wine Barrel Care
  21. Clarification: Fining and Filtration
  22. Wine Work in the Winter
  23. Fixing Volatile Reduced Sulfur in Wine
  24. Comparison of Wine Transfer Methods
  25. Oxidation and Reduction in Wine
  26. Managing Oxygen During & After Wine Bottling
  27. Kegging Wine
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