Article: Shop sells the gear for making wine and beer.(Weekly Briefing)

MOST people buy their wine, beer and cheese at the store. But a few hobbyists like to make their own. John Daume sells the materials and equipment and provides the know-how to do it. He had worked as a department store buyer, first at Gimbel's in New York, then at Bullocks in downtown L.A., before opening a division of Wine Art of America, which supplied home winemakers in the late 1960s. When that company failed, he opened the Home Wine-Beer-Cheesemaking Shop in Woodland Hills. Daume also runs a Camarillo winery.

"There's absolutely no reason to make wine, beer or cheese in Southern California. It's available in stores. (Yet) it's a very satisfying hobby. It's a ...

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