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Basic Current Books: A Selected List of Current Wine Making and Grape Growing Books view detail comment email this

A brief but well-chosen list of core readings in the areas of wine making, grape growing, and wine history in the United States and Europe. From the Shields Library, University of California, Davis, "home to one of the finest collections of grape growing and wine making literature in the world."
http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/bioag/collections/vitic/basic-current-books.php
Topics: Agriculture, Crops, Nonfiction by Genre, Wine

Last updated Jul 23, 2005


Home Wine 101 view detail comment email this

This site offers more than two dozen fruit wine recipes, a very general explanation of basic steps for wine making, and a list of tips for beginners. Includes recipes with everything from apples to watermelon as primary ingredients. Among the more notable selections are wines made from tomatoes, pumpkins, persimmons, and dandelions. From a homebrew supply store.
http://www.weekendbrewer.com/homewine101.html
Topics: Holiday Foods, Beverages, and Recipes, Wine

Last updated Jan 14, 2004


Home Winemaking view detail comment email this

This 1988 booklet provides instructions for making red and white table wines at home. Features information about the composition and quality of grapes and wine, potential spoilage and stability problems, analyzing juice and wine, evaluating wine quality, and the winemaking facility. Also includes a bibliography and a glossary. From the Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis.
http://wineserver.ucdavis.edu/content.php?category=Winemaking
Topics: Crops, Wine

Last updated Jul 25, 2006


Making Wine From Rare Fruit view detail comment email this

This page provides several recipes for wines made from unusual ingredients such as raisins, pineapple, mandarin oranges, papaya, mango, grapefruit, and lychees. Basic information on wine-making concepts and techniques is provided with the caveat that beginners would do well to consult a wine-making book with good illustrations and step-by-step instructions. From the California Rare Fruit Growers.
http://www.crfg.org/tidbits/makewine.html
Topics: Wine

Last updated Oct 20, 2005


WineMaker view detail comment email this

The online companion to the print magazine of the same name features selected articles, a directory of wine making equipment suppliers, a sulfite calculator, a downloadable log chart, charts of ingredients and yeast strains, a guide to common grapes, and other resources for the wine making hobbyist. Also includes a gallery of wine label design contest winners. Searchable.
http://winemakermag.com/
Topics: Wine

Last updated Jun 27, 2004




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