Equipment and Gear

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Build Your Own Basket Press

Build this basket press using HDPE plastic.

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One Wall Winery: One World. One Winery. One Wall.

If you have a free wall in your garage, you can have your entire winery organized there. See the plans by Steve Hughes.

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Wine Cellar Build

A reader’s basement renovation takes shape.

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Lab Equipment: Storage Cabinet

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Fermentation Temperature Control

This cooling setup keeps wine must within just a few degrees of target temperatures.

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Wine Pump Options

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Proper Equipment Storage

When done using your winemaking equipment, make sure it is properly cleaned and stored so it will be ready to use next harvest season.

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Screwcap Closures

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Introduction to Winemaking

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Fermentation and Aging Containers

Fermentation and aging vessels winemakers have to decide between include oak, glass, plastic, and stainless steel. Each has its own pros and

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Build a Wine Barrel Table

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Fermenter Options for any Size Home Winery

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Build a Ladder-Style Wine Rack

Choosing Your First Fermenter

Explore the options for your first fermentation vessel.

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Build a Carboy Cleaner

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Design your Home Winery

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Using Variable Volume Wine Tanks

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Build a Champagne Bottle Capper

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Empty Airlocks

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Build a Backyard Vineyard Sprayer

Need a sprayer for your backyard vineyard? Build this system designed for a 1,000-vine (2-acre) vineyard. Follow our guide.

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Choosing and Using a Wine Pump

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Build Your Own Destemmer-Crusher

Don’t want to fork over the money it costs to buy a destemmer-crusher? Good with your hands? Try building this!

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Wine To Go Layout

Build your own wine carrying case to keep your bottles safe during travel.

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Small Space Winemaking Techniques

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How to Build a Barrel

An amateur barrel maker shares his advice to build your own wine barrel at home.