Wow! Winemaking takes that long? I imagine so for it to actually be good, huh? I can make good beer in less than one month if I keg. Of course a lager takes a few months, and big stouts improve with age, but overall beer doesn’t take long at all.
The glass of sparkling mead I posted in my original post was started last year at the end of November and I was instructed to let it clarify in a secondary and tertiary for about six months and then bottle age for another six months. Wine takes time as does a mead (honey wine). That is why I prefer brewing BEER! It may be a month or a little more to a good tasting brew!