Saturday, January 27, 2007

Winecrafts Winemaking Manual

Winecrafts Winemaking Manual

Saratoga WineCrafts is a consortium of amateur wine makers based in Saratoga County, New York. The group can trace it’s origins to 1998, when a few friends and family members made some wine from grapes grown in the Finger Lakes. Over the years, the group has grown to its present size. Collectively Saratoga WineCrafts makes approximately 1500 bottles of wine per year. It has maintained its status as an amateur wine making group by decentralizing the overall winemaking process. While members share the use of major equipment, the wine itself is made by sub-groups in the cellars and garages of members homes with the guidance of an experienced amateur winemaker – that’s me - and this book is a collective documentation of that advice.

Monday, January 01, 2007