| When it comes to making alcoholic beverages at | | | | and white wine. Their are many type of kits you |
| home, wine making and home brewing is | | | | can buy and even get special sub-level kits that |
| considered sort of a 'niche' market. You either | | | | go right down to the exact type of wine |
| know how to do it or you don't! This is very hard | | | | (chardonnay for example).Home Brewing refers |
| to believe as wine making and home brewing has | | | | to 'brewing' beer and is slightly more complicated |
| been going on for thousands of years. Just | | | | as it involves more ingredients. Most common are |
| recently it was confirmed that wine making was | | | | hops and barley and the fermentation time varies |
| invented in Cyprus rather than western Europe. | | | | when compared to conventional wine making. I |
| As we still discover the facts about the history, | | | | guess that only depends on the type of kit you |
| what about the present? Why is wine making and | | | | are using.Besides the fun factor, other reasons to |
| home brewing such a 'taboo' subject if you may? | | | | home brew or home wine making would be price |
| Is it because of the 'legal' aspects involved with | | | | (Make bottles of wine for less than $0.25 cents), |
| alcohol in general? Or it just sounds messy and | | | | more control of taste, and of course the |
| confusing, something we should all leave to the | | | | freshness. To get started, I recommend to take |
| professionals alone?I've been involved with wine | | | | a walk to your local library and read books on |
| making and home brewing for about two years | | | | wine making and home brewing. You can also join |
| now and I've found it to be one of the most | | | | online forums or how about a stroll to your local |
| 'quiet' form of entertainment (Yes its actually that | | | | home brewing store. Their just be local wine clubs |
| fun!). It's one of those things that people do, but | | | | that you can visit for free wine tasting! That's a |
| don't talk about it, at least not to strangers of the | | | | good way to get started if you ask me!Everyone |
| genre. Lets now get into a little bit of detail on the | | | | has their own unique reason as wine making and |
| difference between wine making and home | | | | home brewing is just like any other hobby. You |
| brewing.Wine making (As it sounds) is about wine | | | | can share it with your friends, and you do it |
| making only. The most basic ones are red wine | | | | because you simply enjoy it! |