Steps for Grape Wine Making At Home Easy: Folks that have tasted wine have at one time wondered if they could make some like that at home. Making wine is actually not as hard as people want to make you believe. You can make grape wine using some easy steps and using simple equipment once you have the right instructions. You have to try it and with time you can perfect your technique to produce a very unique wind blend, taste, smell and feel. I have put together some simple steps to making grape wine at home here. Read more.

Step# 1 : Get a recipe and get cracking

Find a simple grape recipe that gives you the exact measurements of the ingredients you need. We are assuming that we are using grapes in this instance. Mash the ripe grapes to produce a fine pulp. For grape wine you don’t need to put any yeast.

Step# 2 : Add sugar/Honey to the Grapes pulp

You can now add some 5 gallons of clean water and mix well with the grapes pulp that you had mashed earlier. Add another gallon of boiling water and sugar or honey into the mixture and stir again. This mixture of fruit pulp, water and sugar is called a must. Let the mixture to cool down for about 24 hours. To kill all bacteria and avoid mold from growing, add some campden tablets which have sodium bisulphite. The sodium bisulphite will have cleared in 24 hours leaving behind a sanitized mixture.

Step# 3 : Primary Fermentation of Grape Wine

Stir the must and cover the container with a cheese cloth. If you are using any other types of fruits, this is where you add the wine making yeast. Leave the solution to ferment for 10 days. Stir everyday to ensure that fermentation of the sugar in the grapes takes place completely. You want all the sugars to be broken down by bacteria for that fine wine taste at the end of the process. Always keep it covered.

Step# 4 : Glass jar fermentation lock

After the 10 day primary wine fermentation process, open the container and strain the liquid into a big glass or plastic jar. Make sure to remove all the sediments from the fruit or the grapes pulp. You are now refining the wine for the next fermentation process. Cover the colored liquid with a fermentation lock. This is a special lock that keeps the oxygen out while expelling the carbon dioxide produced during fermentation. Oxygen will stop the fermentation and should be kept away at all times. Ask your stores for a fermentation lock.

Step#5 : Secondary wine fermentation Process

Store the semi fermented wine solution in the glass in a warm environment for another six weeks. This is called the secondary fermentation process and it finalizes the fermentation of all the sugars. Observe the jar until you see there are no bubbles being produced. This means that all the sugars have been used up and bacteria from the yeast are finished.

Step#6 : Aging Glass Vessel Decanting

After the secondary fermentation process above, empty the wine into a glass aging vessel using a plastic hose to ensure that all the sediments are left in the jar. The wine aging glass is a big round vessel with a flat bottom to stand on. Tightly cork the aging vessel and ensure no air goes into the liquid. Let the liquid sit for some time until it changes color to a colorless sparkling solution.

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