Making Award Winning Wines at Home: Professional Methods for the Amateur Winemaker

" Making Award Winning Wines at Home is the ultimate instruction manual for anyone who doesn't just want to make drinkable wine, but strives to make excellent wine at home. This book covers absolutely everything that amateur winemakers need to know, with sound and accurate advice based on modern science and professional-level winemaking methodology. Author Bill Smith is a wine competition judge who draws on his life's work as an anaerobic fermentation research scientist to offer this comprehensive guide to home winemaking. Chapters on basic equipment, additives and ingredients, racking, bottling, and troubleshooting allow beginners to learn the ropes, while experienced winemakers can fine-tune their expertise. No detail is left unexamined. Chapters on wine clubs and wine shows are designed to help readers enjoy their hobby as fully as possible. A selection of over 50 diverse recipes will inspire winemakers to try their hand at many flavors and types of wine"--