I made some strawberry wine and some blueberry wine a few times. Completely amateur, not even a hobby, but it turned out well enough to place at the local fair. Once it is all done fermenting after a couple weeks, it does not taste good. It’s amazing, over the course of a year and racking a few times as the must settles out, how it goes from bad tasting to delicious. 

 It’s awesome that you placed at your fair as an amateur!  

I’m intrigued by the possibility of aging this, but it’s supposed to taste good enough fresh to even eat the rice that produced it as a dessert. It’s been interesting to read about.