New Book, 'Making Great Wine,' Explains How To Create Great Tasting Wine At Home -- Without Wasting Time and Money

Making Great Wine (www.makinggreatwine.com), a unique new book by Brian E. Cook, eliminates the costly mistakes typically made by homemade wine enthusiasts, and provides insightful tips and techniques for making truly delicious wine. This comprehensive reference contains 190 easy-to-make recipes that home winemaking enthusiasts can start benefiting from right away.

Clovis, NM (PRWEB) January 2, 2006 -– Home winemakers often struggle when trying to learn how to consistently make a delicious, crystal-clear wine. The confusing instructions and hard-to-follow recipes found in many books on the subject often result in poor-tasting wine. As a result, those new to home winemaking typically give up trying to make a quality wine at home after just a few efforts.

Making Great Wine (www.makinggreatwine.com), a unique new book by Brian E. Cook, eliminates the costly mistakes typically made by homemade wine enthusiasts, and provides insightful tips and techniques for making truly delicious wine. This comprehensive reference contains 190 easy-to-make recipes that home winemaking enthusiasts can start benefiting from right away.

What are some of the things a home winemaker needs to know in order to start making great-tasting wine at home? Brian recommends the following five items as being essential to success:

1. Learn how to pick the right ingredients. Wine makers to know when "old and shriveled” is a good thing.

2. Discover how to combat the 3 greatest enemies to successful wine-making: acetic bacteria, wild yeast, and pectin.

3. Understand why it is important to get fermentation over with as soon as possible, and how to do it properly.

4. Learn how to clear obstinate wines without resorting to frequent racking.

5. Learn how to neutralize the acid in a "sharp" wine (and why adding sugar is not the best choice).

Making Great Wine – The Secrets to Making Great-Tasting Wine at Home... Every Time!, by Brian E. Cook is available at www.makinggreatwine.com

For interviews and review copies, contact Brian E. Cook at 505-762-4350.

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