Joy of Home Wine Making

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Summary: Best book for those new to making wine!
Review: Terry Garey takes a very casual, fun approach to making wine with various fruits. Her recipes are tried and true. (I won a gold medal with her strawberry wine recipe) The book is easy to read and informative. Best of all, it is easy to understand and follow for the person new to winemaking. Wine purist probably won't care for the book due to the casual and varied approach to making excellent wines from many different sources.

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Summary: Best "How-To" Book for Beginners
Review: This book has become my bible for making home-made wine. I've worn the pages so much, I ordered another one just to keep around. Terry's dry, humorous wit and casual style for making wines is what every novice needs to get started in this fun and relaxing hobby. She begins with a little history lesson and a simple recipe to make a one-gallon batch of apple wine from concentrate. From there you learn more and more as each chapter progresses into more challenging (and rewarding) recipes and techniques. From fermentation to bottling, Terry makes learning how to make wine simple and fun without all the stuffiness and intimidation I've seen in other beginner's books. Again, though, this book is designed for someone starting at 'ground zero' and wanting a fun way to learn about making wine at home. If you've already gotten your feet wet or want a reference manual, find something else. But if you've always wanted to try making wine and don't know where to begin, then THIS is the book for you. Enjoy!

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Summary: Best "How-To" Book for Beginners
Review: This book has become my bible for making home-made wine. I've worn the pages so much, I ordered another one just to keep around. Terry's dry, humorous wit and casual style for making wines is what every novice needs to get started in this fun and relaxing hobby. She begins with a little history lesson and a simple recipe to make a one-gallon batch of apple wine from concentrate. From there you learn more and more as each chapter progresses into more challenging (and rewarding) recipes and techniques. From fermentation to bottling, Terry makes learning how to make wine simple and fun without all the stuffiness and intimidation I've seen in other beginner's books. Again, though, this book is designed for someone starting at 'ground zero' and wanting a fun way to learn about making wine at home. If you've already gotten your feet wet or want a reference manual, find something else. But if you've always wanted to try making wine and don't know where to begin, then THIS is the book for you. Enjoy!

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Summary: informative and great fun
Review: This book is not only very interesting and informative (with lots of recipes I really want to try), but it's laugh-out-loud funny. I'd enjoy reading it even if I wasn't a beginning winemaker.

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Summary: Excellent book for beginners
Review: This book is terrific for anyone thinking of trying winemaking. The author takes the beginner through the steps for a basic wine recipe, using few pieces of equipment. Then, for the brave who wish to continue, Garvey adds complexity to each successive recipe, leaving champagne-making for the end. Terrific book with great recipes and easy to follow tips. Just enough humor to encourage new winemaker, and plenty of recipes for the gardner with leftover produce -- from rasberries to potatoes

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Summary: Start With This One
Review: This is a great book. I started making wine about 5 years ago and this book has all the instruction I needed. Garey takes the mystery out of wine making. I have bought several books since, but find myself returning again and again to this one. Everything you need to know to get started is here and there are enough recipes to keep you going for a long time. If you are a beginning wine maker, this is the book for you.

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Summary: Start With This One
Review: This is a great book. I started making wine about 5 years ago and this book has all the instruction I needed. Garey takes the mystery out of wine making. I have bought several books since, but find myself returning again and again to this one. Everything you need to know to get started is here and there are enough recipes to keep you going for a long time. If you are a beginning wine maker, this is the book for you.

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Summary: The Joy of Home Winemaking
Review: This is the first book I have read on winemaking. Not only is it extremely easy to read it is a finely written book. The author injects some humor, pictures, and easy to use lists. I think this would be a best buy for anyone looking for a beginning to intermediate book for wimemaking. Excellent book.

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Summary: Good book for beginners
Review: While the techniques in the book are mainly for the beginner, her recipies will give even advanced winemakers some new things to try.
Not written as a dry text, but full of her amusing experiences making many of the recipies in the book.
A great place to start, but once you get going, you may want to refer to other books that go into additional detail about yeast selection, using yeast starters and champagne production