WHY are you making wine?

[Zymomancer]

I like experimenting with making wine out of various fruits and berries, and like the fact that I can make things you would never see in the store: for example mulberries are not cultivated at a large scale, so you could never find mulberry wine on the store shelves.

It also helps that I can either make wine for much cheaper than it is in the store, or practically for free during the summer when I volunteer at a nonprofit that picks fruit from peoples' backyards and lets the pickers keep some of it.

 

[RachmaelBenApplebaum]

For the art, science, and culture of it. Loved it so much I went pro

 

[Chef-Ryan]

For the art, science, and culture of it. Loved it so much I went pro

I as well loved the elegance of taking simple ingredients and turning it into a tasty beverage, add into it the science. I then went pro, even working on completing a 2year program on wine and Viticulture. if you ever want an auxilerating experience making wine.. there is 2 big ones, the final press-load of a long hard vintage and the day that wine you held as a grape gets bottled. yes i know many here have had the pleasure of the last one but it is a moment of joy to bottle your wine that has been "raised" for sometimes years .

 

[gregbathurst]

For me the greatest satisfaction has been when people will happily finish off a bottle of my wine. People will have a glass out of politeness, but when they keep drinking till a bottle (or 2) is empty, you know they are really enjoying it. It took me many years to get to that stage, which made it all the more satisfying.

 

[mrchaos101]

and because I can.

 

[CanadianJesus]

I'm extremely new to this and have only made mead and rice wine. I love the experience of making something from scratch and then being able to enjoy the fruits of my own labor.

In fact, I'm enjoying a glass of my own homemade rice wine at the moment.