Originally Posted by merlot madam

I'm hoping to go back to winemaking when I retire soon. My late husband and I had great fun in the early 70's making wine using C J Berry's book "Home Wine Making" or similar title - now out of print but a great little paperback - arranged according to months of the year - we even made coffee wine(instant was more expensive in those days!) in the dead of winter. There is a good website homewinemaking.co.uk - very informative, very helpful people will give you recipes, advice whatever. Go on, I thoroughly recommend this and predict with all the 'anti-social' flavour news we will go back to v.expensive alcohol in the shops - if only to raise revenue for the Govt.