I’ve made wine before - and I was under-impressed. ;) I LOVE just straight (no sugar) juice from our grapes, canned. So, SO GOOD!
Beau would like to try his hand at cider. I know he has plans for a home made press. There really is no other way to juice them - I’ve tried them in my steamer/juicer and you just get mush, not juice.
Anyhow, he’s great with making the Maple Syrup, so the cider will undoubtedly be a success once he sets his mind to it. :)
My maternal grandpa made excellent sweet wine at home, but, how he got such good results I do not know. The one we used to “confuse” people with was rhubarb wine. No one we ever gave it to guessed what it came from!
Gramp’s cherry wine was just superb once it had aged several years...