Making Award Winning Wines at Home: Professional Methods for the Amateur Winemaker

Making Award Winning Wines at Home covers absolutely everything that amateur winemakers need to know, with sound advice based on modern science and professional-level winemaking methodology. Author Bill Smith is a wine competition judge who draws on his life's work as an anaerobic fermentation research scientist to offer this comprehensive guide to home winemaking. No detail is left unexamined, from equipment and ingredients to techniques, recipes and wine shows.