Prepare before fruit arrives.
Organize your workspace, suitable vessels, cleaning and sanitation, ventilation and batch records before the busy part begins.
Read the home cellar guide →For your first home vintage
Good fruit.
Clear records.
Your first vintage.
Learn home winemaking from fruit intake through fermentation, maturation and bottling. You can begin with purchased wine grapes or juice. You don’t need to plant a vineyard first.
$19.99Complete book + workbook + editable planner
One payment · digital downloads · no subscription
Prefer the book alone? Complete PDF · $12.99
600-page illustrated book32-page working companion7 editable spreadsheet tabsBy Daniel Storming
Start with the job in front of you
A practical place to begin.
Understand your readings.
Keep harvest and fermentation observations together. Use the free approximate-ABV calculator alongside your hydrometer records.
Open the ABV calculator →Plan the next bottle.
Work out bottle counts from usable volume, then record transfers, bottling, costs and cellar stock. Keep notes you can use next vintage.
Try the bottle planner →The Vineyard & Cellar Starter Package
The explanation.
The working sheets.
A record to keep.
Fruit-intake sheets, fermentation logs, bottling records, tasting sheets and cellar-stock tabs keep each batch’s numbers and observations together.
- The complete book PDF: 600 illustrated pages plus its cover, across 25 chapters.
- The 32-page workbook PDF: worked examples and reusable planning and batch records.
- The seven-tab XLSX planner: editable inputs and formulas for layout, budget, harvest, fermentation, bottles, stock and seasonal work.
The full $12.99 book is included. The workbook and spreadsheet add $7.
Before you choose.
Do I need my own grapevines?
No. You can use the cellar guidance and records with purchased wine grapes or juice. The complete book also covers grape growing, so that material is there if you decide to plant later. No grapes, juice, equipment or alcohol are included.
What do I download, and when?
Pay through the existing Stripe checkout, then return to the site after payment confirmation to download the complete book PDF and the toolkit ZIP. The ZIP contains the workbook, spreadsheet and quick-start guide. Save both downloads to your device. The Stripe receipt does not contain your files.
Can I try something before buying?
Yes. The free sample has 21 pages including the cover, with no email required. The guides, calculators, seasonal planner and browser journal are also free. Explore free winemaking tools →
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Ready for your next step
Learn it.
Work it out.
Keep the record.
Complete book PDF + workbook PDF + editable XLSX planner.
Explore free winemaking tools →$19.99
Get the Starter Package →Book only · $12.99 · Free sample
Digital files for personal use. No physical items.