Richard - Go to www.piwine.com and click on beginners. Get their book.
It's a great start. Then read Lum's great on-line winemaking book at
http://home.att.net/~lumeisenman/index.html. You should be able to talk and
make wine after digesting these sources.

Bill Frazier
Olathe, Kansas USA

"Richard Knouse" > wrote in message
news:BXyTd.63008$8a6.3546@trndny09...
> Please bear with me if this subject is already addressed....I haven't seen
> yet in the last week or so of scouring this newsgroup, but could somebody
> tell me even more basically what is involved with starting to make wine.
> I mean as simple as what the first steps are, what the terms mean, etc.
> Most of what I'm reading here I don't understand...racking, airlock, 2nd
> rack, 3rd rack, etc. I have visited Jack Keller's site and found it very
> helpful but am having trouble matching up his information with actual
> steps in the process especially the steps I'm seeing discussed here.
> Could someone provide me with an overview or outline.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> WhyKnow
>