This is, at best, an incomplete list of winemaking and homebrew shops. It contains only the ones I am aware of. You’ll notice that I list some shops that carry homebrew but not winemaking supplies, and here’s why. Almost all of them carry yeast that will work if you get in a pinch, sanitizers and additives you can use, and who knows? If you ask them nicely (please, don’t kowtow!), they might even improve their image (and their business) and carry a few winemaking supplies for you in the future. Getting them to carry corks will be the hard part. They tend to think all bottles should be capped. And in a pinch, you can bottle your wine in beer bottles and cap ’em. I won’t tell a soul…. 

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