Some of the more ambitious home winemakers see Screaming Eagle as an inspiration.

As it turns out, many home winemakers do not grow their own grapes because of time, space and pocketbook limitations.

Some microwineries are little more than home winemakers who have gone through the legal steps to become licensed to market their product.

Prohibition caused another boom in viticulture, with fruit being much in demand for home winemakers.

While Zinfandel grapes proved popular among home winemakers living near the vineyards, it was vulnerable to rot on the long journey to East Coast markets.

There are two kinds of home winemakers.

The 73-year-old retired building contractor is one of the last of the neighborhood's old-time home winemakers.

Some scattered grape growers stayed afloat during this period selling grapes to home winemakers but nearly all the state's commercial wines went out of business.

Growers who elected to keep their vines planted sold their crops to home winemakers.

When he decided in 1986 to become a home winemaker, he bought 500 pounds of California cabernet sauvignon.