| You can try for years and home made wine will | | | | wine was when I was about 7 when I was |
| never taste as good as a real wine from a | | | | allowed a few sips of his "vintage" blackberry |
| Mediterranean country, or more recently the | | | | wine. Even at that tender age I could tell that it |
| wines of the Southern hemisphere. OK, | | | | was immensely alcoholic but tasted awful. He |
| occasionally there is an exception, but the | | | | belonged to a wine making "Circle" who used to |
| abundance of chemicals used in making wine at | | | | give out wine making tips to other keen |
| home frequently taints it. | | | | winemakers. Because all the members used the |
| My grandfather who was otherwise a pretty sane | | | | same chemicals they did not notice them at their |
| chap and fountain of knowledge, having spent a | | | | 'tastings'. Anyone used to real wine would rather |
| lot of time in India, started making his own wine | | | | have a G&T or a Scotch. |
| when he retired. My first taste of homemade | | | | |