Learn how to make your own wine at home

How to make your own homemade wine

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If you enjoy having a bottle of wine over a nice meal or to relax after a long day at the office, why not learn how to make your own wine so that you always have a supply and can make sure the flavor of your wine is exactly how you like it. To make your own wine you do not need anything that you don’t most likely already have in the comforts of your own home.

The process for making your own wine is (as with most things) pretty easy. All you need is two bags of grapes (you can use black or green) depending on your own preference to taste. You will also need two full bags of sugar and one ounce of yeast in addition to one gallon of water. That is all it takes to make up your own wine and you might have it already in the cupboard.

To get started with your own wine making break apart the grapes from the stalks. Pile them in a bowl and then crush them by hand so that they are all mashed. Boil the one gallon of water and then pour the water in with the mashed grapes. Allow this to sit for about two days.

Once the time has passed, strain the mixture but be sure to capture all of the juices. The goal of straining is to get any seeds or stems you missed. Now pour the grape juice into a bottle that can be sealed (not the bottle you plan on storing the finished product in). Add the sugar into the bottle and mix the sugar and the grape juice until you are sure all of the sugar has been dissolved.

After the sugar and grape juice has been well mixed and is in the bottle, add in the yeast to the mixture and stir it in. After you are confident the sugar, grape juice and yeast have been well mixed, you are ready to seal your bottle and store it.

Let your sealed bottle sit for about two weeks. During this time, be sure to seal stir it two times a day. This is called the fermentation period of wine making. Once the two weeks have passed, you now have made your own wine! Take the bottle and transfer the wine into the finished bottles for storage.

After you taste it, here are something’s to keep in mind. Was it to dry? Add more sugar next time and it will be sweeter. Did the final product not taste what you expected? Be sure to taste the wine during the process to make sure you are happy with it before moving to the next stage. Make changes as needed.