Fruit wines worth aging and those that are not

Sean, I have not seen a guide for fruit-veggie wines, but Terry Garey does give you a starting point, and then it should be up to your particular taste buds. Strawberry wine (matures early and some believe done by a year) and a lot of the wines made from frozen juices mature at a year, although I like mine at 1 1-2 yrs. Most of the veggie wines need to mature a year or more (carrot especially) before they are drinkable. Blackberry, cherry, pumpkin, rhubarb seem to taste better beyond a year or two. Your ideas on figuring out what you'd like to do, are good. That's how I did started. The thing is, it is hard in the beginning to "save for later", but it can be worth it. Now that I've been at this for about 5 years, I can pretty much go down in my basement and pick something out. But, one does need to be aware of what one has and doesn't, so something like strawberry doesn't lose everything before you try it. Keep track and write things down. I make 1 gallon batches as well, and of the 20 batches I make in a year I try to make wines which will mature early, some that will take time, and I always try to make something different each year. I also have a list of favorite wines which I make every year. My oldest homemade wine is a rhubarb wine made in 2001. Good-luck and trust your own taste-buds, that's who you are making the wine for (that and significant others & friends). Darlene