HOME MADE WINE - COST VS REWARDS

by Mr. Bob Molinari & Mr. Dick Cole

Learn to Make Wine & how to filter your wine

March 18th 2012

11AM - 2PM

KITS (EASIEST & FUN)

• Wide selection
• Ease
• All ingredients included
• 4 - 8 weeks to wine
• additional supplies
• Bottles (30-friends & family)
• Corks
• Labels
• See http://www.freelabelmaker.com/
• Seals

JUICE (A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT, BUT STILL FUN)

• Wide selection from Florida, California, and New York ($30 - $75)
• Easier than grapes
• Harder than kit
• 3 - 4 months to wine
• Ingredients - citric acid, peptic enzyme, acid blend, potassium sorbate, potassium metabisulfite, bicarbonate, etc.
• Bottles, corks, labels, seals (same as above)

GRAPES & FRUIT (MUCH MORE DIFFICULT, SOMETIMES FRUSTRATION, BUT STILL FUN)

• Limited to table varieties or your own or wild vines (poor quality?)
• Difficult - crusher, press, storage bottles

• Ingredients & Supplies - (same as above)
• Time to crush, press, etc. 4 - 6 months to wine (add more time if you're going to care for vines & pick the grapes yourself.)
• Cost - Hundreds!

Good Source of information & tips: http://winemaking.jackkeller.net

IN SPITE OF ALL THIS INFORMATION & TALK ABOUT THE COST, IT'S DEFINITELY STILL WORTH IT - 30 BOTTLES OF YOUR OWN WINE - PLUS THE PLEASE & PRIDE YOU GET FROM KNOWING THAT YOU'VE DONE THIS YOURSELF. GIVE IT A TRY! WE THINK IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE THAT YOU'LL DEVELOP A LIFELONG REWARDING, AND FUN HOBBY.