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The Art of Making Wine and Liqueurs is the essential book on home winemaking for beginner and expert alike. Betty Sampson clearly describes the basic principles of winemaking and the skill of mastering liqueurs, illustrated throughout with both helpful diagrams and beautiful line drawings by Rosanne Sanders. And once wine and liqueurs have been mastered, the author provides ideas for expanding into making cocktails, punches and mulled wines.

In the section on wine, the author explains the equipment used, the basic principles and ingredients involved, how to prepare and mature your wine, potential problems and how to overcome them, plus a host of recipes, covering everything from the tradition grape-based wine to flower, fruit, vegetable sparkling and dessert wines. The subject of growing, care and use of grapes is included for those who wish to cultivate their own vineyard; even the issue of going organic is covered!

For those who wish to experiment with liqueurs, the author gives a fantastic range of recipes with star ratings for their merits, teaching you how to make sloe gin, cherry brandy and blackberry whiskey, to name but a few.

Over 100 well-tested recipes are provided.

Betty Sampson , previously Secretary of the Kingsbridge Wine Circle, South Devon, is an established winemaker, an exhibitor of some distinction, and qualified as a wine judge. She ran a nine-acre vineyard in South Devon with her husband for many years.

Example of fruit liqueur recipes found in this book: