Does anyone know a Good Wine recipe?!
Does anyone know a Good Wine recipe?
My boyfriend has a real nice grape vine that will be producing a whole lot of grapes this year and I need a good white grape wine recipe.
Answers:
GRAPE WINE RECIPE
This recipe makes just under one gallon.
1 qt. grapes (heaping full quart)
2 lb. sugar
1 pkg. powdered Fleischmann's Yeast
Use a big mouth earthen or glass jar - 1 gallon size. Mash grapes in jar and pour in sugar. (Use potato masher or anything to crush grapes.) Dissolve yeast in warm water. Stir well.
Fill jar to within about 3/4 inch of top with warm water. Cover jar with cheese cloth or other porous cloth so air can get in jar and fumes get out.
Put in a place and keep at least 21 days. Strain and put in bottles, dark ones best.
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GRAPE JUICE WINE
Water
4 1/2 c. sugar
16 oz. can frozen grape juice concentrate
1 1/2 oz. yeast
Need:
Child's heavy balloon
Gallon glass jug
Rubber band
Mix juice, yeast, and water to make pourable. Pour in gallon jug. Add water until up to shoulders of bottle. Cover and shake. Remove cap and attach balloon with rubber band. Put in cool place for 3 weeks.
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CRANBERRY GRAPE WINE
2 qt. grape juice (unsweetened)
1 qt. cranberry cocktail
5 c. sugar
2 c. water
1/2 tsp. (rounded) yeast
Mix well and pour into cider jug. Place giant balloon over mouth of jug. Let stand 6 weeks. Balloon rises as wine ferments.
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GRAPE, SCUPPERNONG OR MUSCADINE WINE
8 qts. fruit
8 lbs. sugar
4 qts. warm water
1 pkg. dry yeast
Dissolve yeast in sugar water. Pour mix over mashed fruit. Stir. Slice one potato and put on top then add a good handful of meal on top of that. Let stand 28 days. Stir every few days. Strain and bottle, but do not seal. This recipe is a sure fire, no fail one.
Homemade wine recipes abound on the internet. It really depends on your tastes. All wines when first fermented are " dry". Adding sugar after fermentation will add the sweetness you want but then you should also add some potassium sorbate if you plan on keep the wine any length of time, ( Otherwise it could referment)
Using baking yeast will start a wine but typically the alcohol content will only be 5-6 percent. Most wines are about 10-12 percent. You can order wine yeasts but unless you are going to make 5-6 gallons regularly, I wouldnt bother. Try it and if you like the way it turned out you can always " go into the business".