Making Award Winning Wines at Home by Bill Smith

Making Award Winning Wines at Home by Bill Smith

Making Award Winning Wines at Home is the ultimate instruction manual for anyone who doesn't just want to make drinkable wine, but strives to make excellent wine at home. This book covers absolutely everything that amateur winemakers need to know, with sound and accurate advice based on modern science and professional-level winemaking methodology.

Author Bill Smith is a wine competition judge who draws on his life's work as an anaerobic fermentation research scientist to offer this comprehensive guide to home winemaking. No detail is left unexamined. Chapters on basic equipment, additives and ingredients, racking, bottling, and troubleshooting allow beginners to learn the ropes, while experienced winemakers can fine-tune their expertise. Chapters on wine clubs and wine shows are designed to help you enjoy your hobby as fully as possible. A selection of over 50 diverse recipes will inspire you to create your own award-winning wines at home.

Inside Making Award Winning Wines at Home you'll discover:

- How to Make Your Own Prize-Winning Wines

- Professional-Level Winemaking Techniques

- Expert Advice on Equipment, Ingredients and Additives

- The Science Behind the Winemaking Process

- Over 50 Delicious Recipes

Bill Smith was born on May 12th, 1938, in Bristol, England, and immigrated to Canada in 1963. He used to play drums and trumpet on the side in England when he was a kid. He now performs on the E-flat and C soprano saxophones, as well as the drums. He was the art director/editor of Coda Magazine from 1963 to 2001.

David Prentice, David Lee, Michael Snow, Leo Smith, Joe McPhee, Evan Parker, Wolfgang Fuchs, Phil Minton, Roger Turner, John Tchicai, Vinny Golia are just a few of the musicians with whom he has performed and recorded. His many recordings are all analog, although two of them (Visitation with Joe McPhee and Rastafari with Leo Smith) are about to be republished on CD by Boxholder. Learning New Tricks, a new album of duets with guitarist Tony Wilson, was recently released. He has lived on Hornby Island since 1989.