Steve Hughes

The Homebuilt Winery (eBook, ePUB)

43 Projects for Building and Using Winemaking Equipment

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Build your own winery! Learn how to set up a home winery and construct all the basic equipment for just a fraction of what commercially manufactured products would cost. Leading you through the entire winemaking process, Steve Hughes includes building plans and step-by-step instructions for making more than 30 essential winemaking tools. From fashioning presses and pumps to the best way to fill and cork bottles, The Homebuilt Winery covers everything you need to know to affordably enjoy delicious, high-quality homemade wine.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781603428804
• Artikelnr.: 37976426

Autorenporträt

Steve Hughes is a home winemaker who also has more than 40 years of experience as a building designer and contractor. He regularly contributes articles on building winemaking equipment to WineMaker magazine.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Daniel Pambianchi
Introduction
Chapter One: The Home Winery, An Overview
Chapter Two: Grape & Fruit Processing
Crusher
Manual Destemmer
Foldable, Rollable Wine Press
Punch-Down Tool
Fermentation Cooler
Fermentation Chamber
Chapter Three: Moving Wine
Winery Dolly
Racking Canes & Hoses
Siphon Pump
Vacuum Pumping Setup
Wine Hoist
Barrel Dolly
Chapter Four: Container Management
Barrel Room
Diamond Wine Bottle Rack
Silicone Bungs
Chapter Five: The Home Wine Laboratory
Hydrometer
Lab Support Stand
Malic Acid Test
Chromatography Chamber
Free SO2 Testing Setup
Gram Scale
Chapter Six: Sparkling Wine (Methode Champenoise)
Riddling Rack
Disgorging Freezer
Disgorging Key
Disgorging Receptacle
Chapter Seven: Filtering, Bottling & Labeling
Bottle Tree
Wine Filter
Rinser-Sparger
Four-Spout Bottle Filler
Label Alignment Jig
Chapter Eight: Your Wine Cellar
Drawing Cellar Plans
Ladder Racking Jig
Ladder Racking
Curved Corner Racking
Waterfall Racking
End Cap Shelves
Diamond Bins
Chapter Nine: Building the Backyard Vineyard
Cutting Propagation Bed
Vineyard Trellis
Chapter Ten: Barrel Fun
The "Winedirondack" Chair
Decorative Barrel Stand
Winery Stool
Making Your Own Toasted Oak
Index