Winemaking requires grapes my friend
If you want to make wine, you have to have some grapes first. If grapes are not possible, than you must have some grape juice. What kind of grape juice? The fresher the better but if you can’t find fresh grape juice, stuff from the grocery stores works just fine.
So you’ve got your grape juice all in a bottle. The step that comes next is adding some sugar to it to start the alcohol making process. Add the sugar in granulated form or table sugar as it’s commonly refer to. Sugar or granulated sugar is available literally anywhere groceries are sold. If everything in your area is closed for some reason, go to a seven eleven and pick up a box.
So what is the next exciting step in making wine at home? The next step is to add some yeast. Yeast multiplies faster than anything on this planet as it’s really a bacteria so you don’t need a lot of it. Once yeast is added to the mix, it sort of creates this ‘fuzzy’ noise and you might see some bubbles popping up. This should happen only after a day or two. This means the ‘fermentation’ or wine making process has begun.
Well you got your juice, added some sugar and yeast and started the fermentation process. Now you have to play the ‘waiting game’ after about 30 days, you should have some incredible wine on your hands. My only advice to you is make sure you store it in a nice place that can offer the room temperature required for your wine. As wine made in improper temperature can result in bad wine and it might even stop or kill the fermentation process that is required to create alcohol. This is the final step so don’t hurry through this one.
So what are you waiting for? Wine making at home is a very rewarding hobby and homemade wine is something you can always be proud of. You know why? because you are the one who made it! Don’t get confused by all these wine making books. Grape juice plus yeast plus sugar equals wine. It is simple as that and home wine making is something that anyone who is willing to do it can easily achieve great results.
