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Customers find the book’s recipes easy to follow and simple to understand. They find the information informative and interesting, making it a great guide for beginners. The book is well-written, clear, and concise, providing confidence and creativity in the recipes. Readers appreciate the beautiful photos throughout the book.
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Making wine at home just got more fun, and easier, with Richard Bender’s experiments. Whether you’re new to winemaking or a seasoned pro, you’ll find this innovative manual accessible, thanks to its focus on small batches that require minimal equipment and use an unexpected range of readily available fruits, vegetables, flowers, and herbs. The ingredient list is irresistibly curious. How about banana wine or dark chocolate peach? Plum champagne or sweet potato saké? Chamomile, sweet basil, blood orange Thai dragon, kumquat cayenne, and even cannabis rhubarb wines have earned a place in Bender’s flavor collection. Go ahead, give it a try.
Our Top Reviews
Reviewer: Kindle Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Inspirational and encouraging!
Review: I grow a lot of my own produce and I’ve toyed time and again with making my own wine, but every time I looked for advice online or in books, it seemed so overwhelming and intimidating. This book changed all that! The details, pictures, and plentiful advice were reassuring, and I loved the casual, low-pressure approach by the author. He really gets that most of us aren’t looking for a professional vineyard product but rather a new way to enjoy our local produce. He inspired me to jump right in and give it a try without stressing about every detail. I also really liked his discussion on using a higher alcohol content to avoid the aspects of wine that can lead to headaches. He didn’t have a recipe for the produce I wanted to try (tomatillos), but his recipes follow a pretty standard formula that made it possible to invent my own. It’s only been aging a few months, but initial tasting seemed pretty good! I can’t wait to try out more ideas! Definitely worth the price!
Reviewer: KB
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: This is the best wine recipe book I have ever used!!
Review: Omg this book is awesome! I have 2 different types fermenting and starting 2-3 more next week once I get enough of the fruits I want to use! So incredibly easy! Colorful book, great information and mini tutorial in the front. The recipes are awesome! So creative without adding a bunch of unnecessary stuff to your wine. I live in a place where I can pick berries nearby, neighbors give me extras from their garden and I have land to grow things. I love that these recipes used what you gather and no chemicals added! I love this book so much!
Reviewer: LauraO
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Value
Review: Started making home made wine,Fun recipes explained easily. with pictures showing all the tools you need.Great starting book to start your own home wild wine making:)Save money, by making your wine yourself!
Reviewer: Anthony Swindig
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Beginners
Review: Nice for beginners good info and fascinating recipes
Reviewer: Barlowski
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Clear and concise; creates confidence.
Review: The first 3 chapters alone are worth it. Clear, concise instructions and explanations for what equipment and general ingredients you need, what they’re for, and how to use them. It really makes me feel more confident in what I’m doing, knowing why and when to do it. Compared to searching online for instructions, there’s so much conflicting information without great explanations. I’m making pear wine right now, but I’m gonna get into those chilli wines next year.
Reviewer: Lindsey Wolgast
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: GREAT READ FOR NEWBIES! SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS!
Review: Book arrived neatly packaged. Beautiful photos throughout the book with its authors bit of wit made this book a delight to read. I have never made wine before and I am so glad I found this as my FIRST home brewing book! I feel confident and ready to tackle my first brew!
Reviewer: New Mexico Paul
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good addition to the library, but have other wine-making books as well.
Review: I have mixed feelings about this book. It is full of great ideas, and one person’s view of winemaking. The recipes tend to be a bit formulaic, most repeat the previous recipe with a few alterations. I am pleased to own this book, but always check back across a couple of others to modify what I do. Don’t rely on it as your only source for how to make wine.
Reviewer: E
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fun, Simple, and Creative
Review: This book demystifies wine making. I have been scared to try because carboys and fermentation locks invoke my high school chemistry PTSD. Bender pares down the science (so if that is part of your joy, this book may be too simple for you. Fair enough), and keeps directions common sense and fun. I enjoy his anecdotes and creative recipes. I bought mike seeds just to try out one of the pepper recipes. Too much fun!
Reviewer: Tony G
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: The book cut through all the wine jargon. For a novice it got me up to speed fast and enhanced my enjoyment of wine making. The author promotes a minimal chemicals approach to wine making which probably is a good thing dependent on your views. Lastly the recipes are just brilliant wines made from fruit, herbs, grapes, vegetables and even medical marijuana!
Reviewer: Alexfromvan
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Ever wanna make wine but think it’s to complex? Well it doesn’t have to be…this book makes it really simple and works with minimum equipment! Making it a really good well written book with easy to follow recipes made with simple ingredients! It’s one of the first ones I got from the library when I started looking into making wine…and I liked it so much I have to go buy it
Reviewer: Martin Aldridge
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Great book, easy to understand and follow, have tried a few of the recipes and they have turned out well.
Reviewer: MR T.
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: A book for the beginner, yet without sufficient grounding in the basics for a novice, Rather a book for high-school kids; a lot of content on chilli wines and wines made with cannabis! These aren’t wines, they’re novelties for kids. Returned and received an immediate refund. Amazon’s returns poicy remains first class.
Reviewer: HoTy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Brought this for my husband ( Xmas present) he loves it, very informative and has given him added ideas to help with his homemade wine making. Very clear concise instructions and colourful photos.
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