The various methods of the gooseberry musts producing and gooseberry wine maturation were compared in the paper. The influence of these methods on the chemical composition and taste features of the semi-sweet and sweet wines was defined. In composition especially the polyphenols are considered. Wines made of musts after thermal overworking and pectinolysis contained less of the polyphenols than wines obtained after fermentation in the mash. Maderization caused the decrease 30-41% of the polyphenols in the face of the wines maturing by traditional method. Decrease of polyphenols in the process of portwinezation amounted 1-6% in the face of traditional method of maturization. Gooseberry white and red wines were valued as of high and good quality.