Lots of grapevines - homemade wine?

Hi, my neighbor growing up always made wine from his grapes He's passed away now, but the old wine press is still in their garage, very cool item

Are the grapes growing wild? Are they trellised? If you plan on getting grapes of good size, you'll have to give them a bit of care. Pruning I would say, would be number one, but not sure. We have wild grapes and the grapes that my neighbor grew are still out there on his grape trellis. No one takes care of them anymore, very sad The wild grapes never get bigger than peas, so not very useful other than the vines themselves for crafts I wouldn't think you have to baby them like a wine vinyard, but a little extra care will bring you some good results, I bet

Ok, that's a rambly mess, just thinking aloud. Good Luck!!

Oh, and the neighbors wine was always very good! Quite strong, actually, LOL!! :LOL

How neat to have all those grapes at your disposal! I wanted to recommend a book for you: "Country Wines: Making & Using Wines from Herbs, Fruits, Flowers & More" by Pattie Vargas and Rich Gulling. I have this book and will be making my first wine, a cherry melomel (honey wine) in the next couple days. A couple recipes to whet your appetite: honeysuckle wine, sweet wild-strawberry dessert wine, dry raspberry wine, tarragon metheglin (metheglin is a honey-based wine where the flavoring comes from herbs or spices). A great book, very inspiring!

Something to remember...2 pounds of grapes per gallon of wine you want to make

homemade wine is awesome .. and not quite as difficult as a lot of sites say it is.

another thought, too .. we love making homemade grape juice.

(gallon mason jar filled 1/3 w/grapes, sugar to taste, boiling water to top, seal or refrig. for a week or two .. soooo good!)