| Do you have a hobby? Are you considering | | | | yourself a wine making kit, you could be drinking |
| making white wine for a hobby? Do you realize | | | | your own homemade white wine in less than two |
| how popular white wine making is as a hobby? | | | | months time. |
| If you are going to make any hobby worthwhile | | | | While wine making is an occupation - a career -for |
| you need to firstly be committed, and secondly | | | | many people, making wine as a hobby doesn't |
| know what you are getting into. So there will be | | | | have to be terribly time consuming. But there will |
| lots of questions. While white wine making is a | | | | be certain things that you will need to do at |
| hugely popular hobby worldwide, not everybody | | | | certain times. For example you will need to |
| makes a success of it. In many ways it's like | | | | activate the yeast right at the beginning, and get |
| cooking. Some people can cook, while some find it | | | | all the ingredients going in a suitable container. You'll |
| impossible to even boil an egg without producing a | | | | also need to know exactly what ingredients to |
| bouncy rubber ball! | | | | include, which will mean that you'll need to know |
| Badly made, white wine will taste like insipid | | | | how long to let the developing wine ferment, and |
| vinegar. Well made, even an amateur can produce | | | | when to open it up and add more ingredients. It |
| something that will taste like a good vin ordinaire - | | | | does have to been at the right time otherwise |
| the kind you can expect to be served at a | | | | you might end up with something that doesn't |
| reasonably priced restaurant that serves carafes | | | | even taste as good as commercially produced |
| of wine or wine by the glass. | | | | wine vinegar. |
| Sound good? | | | | You'll need to know how to rack the developing |
| Even if you love the idea of making your own | | | | wine by siphoning the residual sediment out of the |
| homemade white wine, before you decide that | | | | wine to help clarify its color. And you'll need to |
| wine making is going to be your new hobby, you | | | | know how to bottle the wine. |
| need to consider what's involved and what | | | | Half the fun of beginning a new hobby is learning |
| equipment you are going to need. Funnily enough | | | | all about it, and making wine is no exception. |
| you won't need much at all, and if you buy | | | | |