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By:
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Kyle Richards
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If you’re a wine connoisseur or a casual weekend sipper, Wine Making for the Total Novice is the perfect guide to put the pride and pleasure of wine making into your hands! Don’t be intimidated by the acres of grapes and barns of heavy equipment at the vineyards, you can make delicious wine at home, and this book shows you how!
No need for experience, we’ve broken the process down into simple steps so anybody can make delicious, fragrant wine in your own home and have fun doing it! Share with family and friends or save it for special occasions. It is so rewarding to give a bottle of wine you made to a friend or loved one as a gift.
Some common questions people who have never made wine before are:
- What kind of grapes should I use?
- What equipment do I need?
- How expensive is that equipment?
- Is it difficult to make wine from my home?
- How is wine made?
This audiobook addresses these questions and more. With our simple process, your favorite wine will soon have your name on the label! No more staring at endless shelves of overpriced mystery wines at the store. Wine Making for the Total Novice will ensure that you can start making wine in no time! Download your copy now.
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Every great drink starts with a plant. Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley. Gin was born from a conifer shrub when medieval physicians boiled juniper berries with wine to treat stomach pain. The Drunken Botanist uncovers the surprising botanical history and fascinating science and chemistry of over 150 plants, flowers, trees, and fruits (and even a few fungi).
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No more cheap tequila!
- By Cynthia on 03-23-13
By: Amy Stewart
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Proof
- The Science of Booze
- By: Adam Rogers
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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In Proof, Adam Rogers reveals alcohol as a miracle of science, going deep into the pleasures of making and drinking booze—and the effects of the latter. The people who make and sell alcohol may talk about history and tradition, but alcohol production is really powered by physics, molecular biology, organic chemistry, and a bit of metallurgy—and our taste for those products is a melding of psychology and neurobiology.
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Great listening to all about booze
- By Atila on 08-02-14
By: Adam Rogers
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Imbibe! Updated and Revised Edition
- From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar
- By: David Wondrich
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
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The first edition, published in 2007, won a James Beard Award. Now updated with newly discovered recipes and historical information, this updated edition includes the origins of the first American drink, the mint julep (which Wondrich places before the American Revolution) and those of the cocktail itself. It also provides more detail about 19th-century spirits, many new and colorful anecdotes and details about Thomas' life, and a number of particularly notable, delicious, and influential cocktails not covered in the original edition.
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Interesting history, but needs recipies
- By E. Atkinson on 03-02-20
By: David Wondrich
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Beekeeping for Beginners
- How to Raise Your First Bee Colonies
- By: Amber Bradshaw
- Narrated by: Dara Rosenberg
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Easy beekeeping for new-bees. Wouldn’t it be great to raise your own bees, have a fresh supply of honey, and bring thousands of healthy pollinators into your yard? Beekeeping for Beginners is a simple, step-by-step guide that helps you learn the fundamentals of modern beekeeping. You (and your bees) will be buzzing with delight. From picking the right hive and bringing your bees home to surviving winter and collecting honey, experienced beekeeper Amber Bradshaw takes you on an easy-to-follow journey through your first year of beekeeping and beyond.
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Too much fluff.
- By Brandon Horvat on 05-02-21
By: Amber Bradshaw
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The Brewer's Tale
- A History of the World According to Beer
- By: William Bostwick
- Narrated by: Christopher Sutton
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
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The Brewer's Tale is a beer-filled journey into the past: the story of brewers gone by and one brave writer's quest to bring them - and their ancient, forgotten beers - back to life, one taste at a time. This is the story of the world according to beer, a toast to flavors born of necessity and place - in Belgian monasteries, rundown farmhouses, and the basement nanobrewery next door. So pull up a barstool and raise a glass to 5,000 years of fermented magic.
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Good insights!
- By Michael on 03-08-16
By: William Bostwick
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Plastic-Free
- How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too
- By: Beth Terry
- Narrated by: Beth Terry
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
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Like many people, Beth Terry didn't think an individual could have much impact on the environment. But while laid up after surgery, she read an article about the staggering amount of plastic polluting the oceans and decided then and there to kick her plastic habit. Now she wants to teach you how you can too.
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Great book!
- By JJ on 07-04-18
By: Beth Terry
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- Douglas S.
- 02-03-20
good for rookies
not bad very educational and enjoyable. I'm already a wine maker and didn't learn anything too new but it's a great book if you've been thinking about making wine.
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- Jeff Reinholtz
- 05-20-20
Listened to it twice!
for the TOTAL novice with no experience at all it is pretty informative! learned a lot of cool facts and I appreciate the simplicity. definitely a great listen for someone completely new to the industry.
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- Reginald Carter
- 04-28-18
wine making total novice
Good book I enjoyed it and it was helpful it confirm some of the other information that I have obtained from the Internet but in a simple one place.
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- Shere Khan Walls
- 03-21-16
Great book to start out with
What did you love best about Wine Making for the Total Novice?
It was simple to the point
What about Dan McGowan’s performance did you like?
This guy was smooth I like how he speaks
What’s an idea from the book that you will remember?
The items you need for the stuff
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- Pat
- 04-30-15
Good for the very beginning hobbiest like me.
Enjoyable and very basically informative. Just what I needed to get started. Is a must have for the beginning winemaker.
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- ronen dvir
- 12-17-18
too simplified for me
I am a novice but would still would like to understand the processes . the outline is clear but there is no mention of the why's.
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- Vincent LuCante
- 05-01-23
Well written
I would recommend this book to the home wine maker.great beginners guide and information source and reference
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- Tricey
- 08-19-20
Very Unfocused
I tuned out by the time it got to the wine making part because it was so poorly written.
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- James
- 02-22-24
Mostly not about wine making
The book spends more time talking about wine tasting than it does about wine making. Then it gives only a perfunctory walk through of the wine making process itself. I know this book is for novices, but it fails to progress past that — there is little reason more time couldn’t be spent giving depth beyond what is here. For example, they don’t even talk about making white wines.
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- Bread Basket
- 05-14-16
not worth the price of postage
What would have made Wine Making for the Total Novice better?
i am a home winemaker so i was hoping some a fair amount of detail. this was not the case:simplistic. I suppose if you ere making wine from welch's it might be helpful.
Would you ever listen to anything by Kyle Richards again?
yeswho spoke it was not the issue; it
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Dan McGowan?
not sure
What character would you cut from Wine Making for the Total Novice?
not the character, the book
Any additional comments?
waste of time to listen or read
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