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Making your own wine is a hobby that has grown a lot the past few years.There are some good reasons for this.

First, the information on how to make wine, and recipes for wine making have been easier and easier to obtain. Many books and how to manuals have been published just this past year.

One other reason is that making your own wine can be a lot less expensive than purchasing wine in the store.You can make wine for pennies per bottle. Big difference from the ever increasing prices of commercial wine.

But my favorite reason is that it is just plain fun to make your own wine. There is something so gratifying to choose the fruit, choose the recipe and the type of yeast, prepare the must, nurse it, follow the fermentation… all the steps until you can uncork your own proudly made delicious and unique wine.

Home made wine can be a wonderful and one of a kind gift, of course in a beautiful bottle and with your own label. Having friends and family over for wine tastings of various wines you have made is another fun aspect of home wine making.

It is easy to get started even of you have never made wine before. There is no need to purchase expensive equipment or gadgets. You will need a few simple and inexpensive things such as a vessel to do the fermenting in. -that can be a five gallon bucket, and air lock and some tubing to decant the wine with.

There are basically three levels of home wine making.

1. Using a purchased wine kit. Just add water and follow the instructions.

2. Making wine from fresh or frozen fruit juices bought in your local store.

3. Using fresh fruits and berries to make your wine.

Home wine making can be quite addictive. Once you have one nice batch of good wine, the imagination can run wild of what you can accomplish.