Information Links

Suppliers - equipment & kits

I have actually bought from these and they all have good prices.

• MoreWine

     MoreWine

• Adventures in Home brewing

• Northern Brewer

          NORTHERN BREWER - Wine Making

For local stores I use

• MoreWine
  I have actually being buying a lot of supplies from them in the store.  It is close to the Costco I use and convenient to stop at coming home from work.
• Valley Vintner
  Nice selection of equipment and wine kits & supplies.  Also with in driving distance.

Frozen Must

• Brehm Vinyards
  Frozen musts both red & white. Sold directly or through local stores.  If you live close to one of their regional freezers you can pick it up yourself. 
• Grapes for Wine                                                                                                                                     Sells frozen must both red, white & rose. 

Fresh Grapes

• Delta Packing
  Some of my best wines came from grapes I bought from them. Fresh grapes and frozen juice both red & white. Sold directly or through local stores.  I sourced Syrah from them in 2012 and the grapes are looked very good. Again in 2013 I sourced Chardonnay, Viognier, and Pinot Gris from them. Again in 2015 Chardonnay, probably my best Chard.  In 2016 I bought my Syrah from them and have been wining many awards.
• CalWine Broker
  I have used Michael several times with good luck.  One of my best wines was an old vine (99+years old) zin.

Equipment (more information avaialable under Wine 101)

I have actually bought and used the following:

• All in one wine pump
  A simple, yet useful pump for transfer and for bottling

Other Websites of interest

• Wine Making Talk discussion Forum
  Meet & talk with other hone wine making enthusiasts.  Also a good source of info on a wide range of wine making topics.
• Accuvin
  Test kits for the home wine maker

 

 

Or my excursion into winemaking

My first effort at making my own wine was in the late 1960’s (I was a teenager about 17 years old) in Florida trying to make orange wine.  Not knowing anything about, it was less than successful (miserable failure is a good description).   Fast forward 40 years, and here I go again, but this time I spent more time and effort learning what to do.  Where possible I will place worthwhile references under the links heading.

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