I can't remember how long ago I started but I think I've made two kit wines over thirty years ago. The first was white and ok-ish while the second was red and pretty unpleasant, so I realised I made a mistake gave up. Then years later I wanted to do something with blackcurrants from two old bushes in the garden, there when I moved in. The fruit were so small that any use for them which required losing any benefit the skin and pips would leave nothing of value - so I tried wine. That blackcurrant wine, made for several successive years was usually very nice but took a lot of effort to produce rather syrupy, but quite alcoholic Ribena. Everyone who tried it agreed it was sweeeet but still a very pleasant tipple.
Since then I've tried wine from plums, mostly bought but sometimes foraged or donated. I now have a Damson tree which is ready to supply enough fruit for a gallon or more to the cause. I've also done rapsberry, blackberry, gooseberry, apricot and among others, once each (for good reason) lemon (with raisins) and banana.
To avoid too much repetition of good advice elsewhere on this site here I've looked at articles and oldthreads about country wines and many contain some interesting or useful advice.
Most recent: Random Wine viewtopic.php?f=19&t=29898
also, How do I make Good wine? viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27768
And MKG's starter series Winemaking Parts 1,2 & 3 viewtopic.php?f=54&t=15819
(edit Sept 2021) Also see Newbie wine making instructions viewtopic.php?f=19&t=28942
This 2014/5 thread had lots of good stuff, mostly from MKG which somehow I missed when starting this thread and only now have I read it all.
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I was recently talking to two people one of whom said they used to make wine but now they can afford it, they save the bother and buy it. That seems sad to me as I usualy enjoy my own more than professional grape wine and a number of people have said they like mine better.
So what are you making now? What have you made in the past and how did it turn out? Have you had any disasters? What would you like to try? If you haven't tried making wine, what held you back?