Home winemaking

Have you ever wanted to make your own wine? Its quite easy if you know what you're doing and have the right equipment. First you have to have something to do wine out. The list of things you can do wine is long and abundant. There is the wine grape which is what most people like, but you can do so by peaches, pears, apricots, watermelons, apples, honey (Mead), even rice. The list can be as long as your imagination.

Things you will need to make wine after you decide what type of wine you would like to have are: some buckets with lids or large bottles of beer (fermented) wine, a block of air, water, sugar and yeast. You will also need something to squeeze out of the wine must or pulp once its been sitting for a couple of weeks. This can be anything from a house built press a piece of cheese cloth that can rotate to remove juices.

Its very very important that you sanitize all equipment and make sure that you have clean hands before attempting to do any wine. This can be the difference between having some great wine tasting or a large amount of vinegar. I soak my equipment in water with a teaspoon of bleach for 24-hour content then wash with detergent and rinse thoroughly and then dry air.

My way is a simple recipe and can be adjusted in any way you like. I take about 2-3 liters of fruit and mash up to a 5 gallon bucket, fill it with water a few inches below the rim, add 5 kg of sugar and a packet of yeast, mix it all together, put a cover on it and let it rest for a week. After a week that I place the pulp in a home-made wine press and strain into a large bottle (or Carboy) with something left in the bucket, then insert an airlock in the bottle and let it rest for a month to six weeks.

It is basically all there is to it. At the end of the waiting period just siphon out the wine in bottles and if he did and made sure everything was clean, you will have some mighty tasting wine can be enjoyed as well as share with family and friends (brag). You should know that the more the ageing becomes stronger. A game that I made was aged about one year and was as strong as some liquor store bought.

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