{"id":2,"date":"2009-03-16T15:32:01","date_gmt":"2009-03-16T20:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:00:24","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"983\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/about\/techniques-2008-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Techniques-2008-3.jpg?fit=900%2C1363&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"900,1363\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Techniques-2008-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Techniques-2008-3.jpg?fit=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Techniques-2008-3.jpg?fit=625%2C947&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-983\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Techniques-2008-3-198x300.jpg?resize=198%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Techniques-2008-3.jpg?resize=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1 198w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Techniques-2008-3.jpg?resize=768%2C1163&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Techniques-2008-3.jpg?resize=676%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 676w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Techniques-2008-3.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/>Techniques in Home Winemaking<\/em> is a resource for home winemakers looking for information or help on making great wines, including troubleshooting winemaking problems, and to share that knowledge with fellow winemakers. This resource is based and builds on my book by the same title and my newly released book titled <em>Modern Home Winemaking<\/em>, which has been updated to reflect the newest techniques and products for making outstanding wines.<\/p>\n<p>Much of my experience is derived from extensive literature search as well as from my experience both as a home and a commercial winemaker.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Techniques in Home Winemaking\" href=\"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/winemaking-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> if interested in ordering <em>signed<\/em> copies of my books.<\/p>\n<p>Check out <a title=\"Modern Home Winemaking\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ModernHomeWinemaking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Modern Home Winemaking <\/em><\/a>on Facebook too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Techniques in Home Winemaking is a resource for home winemakers looking for information or help on making great wines, including troubleshooting winemaking problems, and to share that knowledge with fellow&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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