A little Off-Topic: Who are you?

Been making wine as a hobbyist since the mid 70's. (That is last century) I make about 60- 80 gallons a year. about half from grapes and the rest from fruit. Getting more into mead now.

Ray

I'm a hobbyist who started brewing beer over ten years ago. It wasn't until four years ago that I started making wine, and I make about 30 gallons a year using store-bought concentrates and juice, fresh fruit from u-pick farms and farmer's markets, and - for the first time this year - wine grapes. I began making mead, and using honey in some of my wines and beers, about two years ago.

Erroll

Seattle, WA USA

I'm a hobbyist located in New Jersey, USA.

I've been at it for about 2 years. I started because I really wanted to try dandelion wine and making my own seemed to be the only way that would happen. I also make wine from the wineberries (wild raspberries) that grow wild in abundance all around me. And I do other non-grape wines - I like being able to make wines that can't be found found in the local liquor store.

Hobbyist here too, just started about six months ago after thinking about it for a couple of years (and thinking it would be too hard!). Fortunately I saved all my store-bought wine bottles while I thought about it. :) I've made mostly kits up to this point, but I currently have a batch of mead and some apple wine from fresh pressed apples on the go.

KD

Nova Scotia, Canada

Hobby too... Although it started out as my hubbie's hobby and I took over, I found it more interesting than he did, I make it he drinks it, works out perfectly! Louise:o)

I'm an IT analyst. I grow grapes and make wine as a hobby. I sell my surplus grapes to the home market. Grapes I grow (C. Franc, pinot noir, Baco Noir, Chardonnay). I have been at it since 1998. I am in the Niagara Falls area. I have taken wine making more seriously the last 2 years and I am now ready to invest in some oak barrels. Sarge

Hi Rudy, Wie geht's?

I'm a home hobbyist trying to grow hybrid grapes in the hilly region of northwest New Jersey, about 70 km west of New York City. I am retired from the health profession, but keep busy teaching Chemistry on the secondary level. I've been making wine at home for about 35 years, but learned the commercial side of the craft while assisting a friend who is a professional grower & maker.

I'm a Safety/Health/Environmental ("SHE") Manager for a mid-size chemical company. Started making wine with native pears from trees on family property several years ago, then expanded into kits and experimented with numerous other fruits, eventually returning to and concentrating on pear, Welsh concentrates, and selected kits. Great hobby(!), but in truth I probably spend more on wine now than I did before starting making my own -- constantly buying commercial wines to compare with my own...

Bart