I've just been looking at a bunch of different recipes and feel a bit overwhelmed. I'm not sure whether to be scientific or to be cottage garden about it.
This recipe seems really good but a bit more involved than I'd hoped. http://honest-food.net/2012/08/19/elderberry-wine-recipe/
I'd more imagined that I'd just bung it together like a recipe like this http://www.wine-making-guides.com/elderberry_wine.html

I'll talk to a friend who works at the home brew shop and has his own microbrewery (beer) about his opinion and my grandma is going to send me her wine recipe book too.

Even though my learning will be mainly self-directed I plan on involving as many people as possible, especially for advice as I don't really know what I'm up to.