Is making wine hard? I've got a lot of grapes I need to get rid of
I mean you can make something in a prison toilet, so no. Making something you'd want to drink might be a bit harder.
Not all grapes are suited for wine, either. In particular, the kind you're likely to want to eat, are not.
Try looking in to "U-Brew" type situations. There are places where you buy a kit (or bring your own) and they have all the equipment and house the area for fermentation. It's roughly around the same price for buying store bought wine but you'll have a lot of access to other people's knowledge to see if it's something you like.
If you like it, you can get significantly better (and more varied flavors) wine/beer for quite a lot cheaper. I'm down to about 25 cents per bottle of 7% beer that's really tasty.
If you hate it, you've only lost $150 or so, you have no equipment waste and you have some wine/beer that you can give away.
Give it a shot!
Absolutely not. I've only got roughly a years experience, but have plenty of resources to share. Much like growing mushrooms. It's amazingly easy so long as you keep things sanitary. It really is pretty much juice, sugar and yeast (over simplified). There are finer touches like yeast nutrients and energizer, but still not difficult to understand. People used to ferment in unsealed clay vessels. With the world falling apart, at least knowing the basics of fermenting will be a valuable skill. Which is why I finally took the plunge to learn this past year. I've found I really enjoy it and it's applications go far beyond simply alcohol for consumption.
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