Wine Making Made Easy: How to Make Easy Homemade Wine from Grapes, Fruit, & More

by Mary Ellen Ward

Winemaking is so complicated! ...Or is it? Home wine making used to be simple. And now it is again! Our grandparents, and generations of grandparents before them, made excellent wines with minimal fuss, minimal equipment, and no added sulfites or additives. They made them not just from grapes but from all manner of available fruits, berries, honey, and other produce. They didn’t spend a lot of money. They didn’t overwhelm themselves with minuscule measurements and chemistry. They didn’t dwindle down the savings to buy pricey containers for fermenting or for storing. They made wine in tune with the rhythms of nature, with basic equipment. They made Good. Simple. Cheap. Easy. Homemade Wine! If you’ve always wanted to make wine but thought the process or investment was beyond you, this is the book for you. This is the book that takes winemaking back to its roots. The no-fuss, no-frills method of wine making that uses everyday equipment you can buy right downtown. This simplified and basic process uses no added preservatives, sulfites, or unrecognizable ingredients. Just good, clean, wine-making for good, clean, fun-making wine!

316 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 28, 2019

Reviews

[Rachel Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a great beginners guide to anyone wanting to make their own wine. The author delivers on her promise to keep things simple and cost effective while also being very informative. You can tell she is passionate and has been making wine for a long time. I also thought she had a good sense of humor (which is vital in any endeavor in my opinion).

I think if there was anything to improve, she could have included more pictures of the process of making wine. There also seemed to be multiple shopping lists. This could have been simplified although I understand why she broke things down the way she did. Additionally, the information about stuck wine and what to do about it was a little vague. What does "you just move on" mean? Do I keep fermenting? Do I throw it out? You gotta just Youtube that.

Otherwise I loved this book. I am currently making her peach wine recipe. It's going so well and I am having fun.

[derek · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing read

Loved the easy instructions and laid back way of writing! I have been making wine for a few years and learned a lot from this book on the whys of what I have been doing and picked up plenty of new tricks along the way. Do yourself a favor and read the whole book!