As the title says I am very new to wine making. I have never made my own batch of wine before but am very eagar to get started on several different flavors. All I know about wine and wine making is what I have read in the past five days. Such as tools needed and how to use them basiclly anyway. I'm not claiming to know the percise methods of making great wine that is really why I am posting to know what I really need before starting. I dont much care for wine so much or atleast not any I have tried that being said the only ones I've tried are very low quality.
I would like to make several sweet/desert wines around 3-5 gals at a time to start off with because I imagine I would enjoy those much more than a dryer wine sort of how you can find tons of people that will drink johnny walker red but not blue because it has such an aquired taste.
I have also read that their can be problems with sweeter wines due to the excess sugars reacting with the yeast and referminting after bottling. I thought maybe I could illiminate this by filtering out the yeast with a wine filter like the Buon Vino Mini Jet Wine Filter this is if its worth it or is basic siphoning sufficient.
What I am getting at is I dont want to make wine I want to make superior wine. If anyone can point me in the direction of the best kit to start out with to build on or if I am better out starting from scratch and piecing my own kit together my grandmother actually makes wine and has some extra glass carboys she said I could have but im not sure on the volume I would say atleast 3 gallon though
I would like to make several sweet/desert wines around 3-5 gals at a time to start off with because I imagine I would enjoy those much more than a dryer wine sort of how you can find tons of people that will drink johnny walker red but not blue because it has such an aquired taste.
I have also read that their can be problems with sweeter wines due to the excess sugars reacting with the yeast and referminting after bottling. I thought maybe I could illiminate this by filtering out the yeast with a wine filter like the Buon Vino Mini Jet Wine Filter this is if its worth it or is basic siphoning sufficient.
What I am getting at is I dont want to make wine I want to make superior wine. If anyone can point me in the direction of the best kit to start out with to build on or if I am better out starting from scratch and piecing my own kit together my grandmother actually makes wine and has some extra glass carboys she said I could have but im not sure on the volume I would say atleast 3 gallon though