How to start making wine

Supplies to have in quantity

You might want a warehouse exclusively for Wine Supplies.

• Boards, Nails and Rope to build vineyards. 40 Boards, 25 Nails and 12 Rope each vineyard.
• Empty Wine Bottles produced from Normal glass. Can produce batches of 12 in Glazier's Bench. 21 grapes per bottle.
• Barrel Taps. Made with Iron Knife and Carving 3.
• Label papers made from 1 Papyrus Paper (made on a Paper Press) and 1 Ink (made in a Chemistry Laboratory) and 1 Quill (made from an Ibis feather). Or be smart and give it a good name from the start so you don't have to relabel.
• Barrels. Buy Cooperage skill at SBody (need level 5 and Advanced Metallurgy Tech) for 2 Brass Plates, 50 Copper Straps and 100 boards. Build a Barrel Vise with 2 Brass Plates and 6 Copper Sheeting. You will need 100 boards, 2 Copper Straps and 150 wood(approximately to be safe) to make each barrel. Barrel making is easy as long as you do not fall asleep.
• Wine Barrels. 6 Boards + 50 Nails + 1 Small Barrel
• Ceremonial Tasting Table needs 6 Oyster Shell Marble and 20 boards.

Gather materials

You'll need: • A few Vineyards - see below for where to build. • A couple of Wine Barrels. • Some Empty Wine Bottles. • Some Barrel Taps. • Some Vine Cuttings.

Where to build

There's no pattern to where you can find each wine flavor. It's random, and they repeat. If you want a specific flavor, you're going to have to ask around or check any flavor maps you can find on the wiki. If you're not after a particular flavor, it's much easier.

• Choose a place you run around a lot - near your camp is usually good. • Build as many vineyards as you like, placing each about 8 coordinates apart. You can do this in a line, in a grid, or in a combination. Building along a path you frequently follow is a good idea...You'll tend more often. • Do NOT build a bunch of vineyards all together in a cluster.

Grow (tend) grapes

• You can tend your vines once/hour. • Do NOT reduce grape total to zero. The vine will die. • Do NOT reduce vine vigor to zero. The vine will die. • You can take a cutting of the vine once/2 hours. Do this every chance you get, and you'll quickly build up a supply of that vine. • There is no penalty for leaving your grapes untended for long periods of time. Nothing changes. Tend as often or as little as you like

Harvesting the grapes

When the vigor of your vine has reached close to zero, harvest the grapes.

Harvesting kills the vine.

I always replace it right away with a new cutting so I can start the process all over again immediately.

!!!Grapes spoil!!! so don't harvest them until you're ready to use them.