Wine from grapes at home: recipes, technology. How to make homemade wine from grapes

Wine from grapes at home, manufacturing technology

For making home grape winethe best varieties are Rosinka, Stepniak, Druzhba, Crystal, Saperavi, Festivalny, Platovsky. Such grapes do not require special care during cultivation and a large portion of sugar during processing. Other varieties are also suitable (Lydia, Isabella), but they do not have sufficient sugar content. Therefore, dessert wine from them is more difficult to make.

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   Collection and preparation of grapes

   
   Usually, berries are harvested in dry sunnyweather, not earlier than three days after the rain. The reason for this - grape yeast, located on the skin of berries. If they are washed away by precipitation, it will not be possible to make homemade wine from grapes. For the same reason, berries should not be washed before treatment.
   
   For the production of home-made wine, onlyripe bunches. Unripe, overripe or ripe berries are not suitable, as they can worsen the taste of the finished drink. All the collected grapes are cleared of rubbish, grapes and unsuitable berries are removed. Then the mass is gently pressed, without damaging the bones, and poured into the enameled container, filling it with 3/4. To avoid oxidation, during the pressing of grapes do not allow the contact of the juice with the metal. Next, the container with the mash (transferred berries) is left for a couple of days in a cool dark place, covering it with a preliminary clean natural cloth. Every 10-12 hours you need to knock down a frothy cap, formed on the top.


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   Extraction of juice

   
   In a couple of days, the process of fermentation and pulp will begina little brightens. To make a delicious homemade wine from grapes, it is necessary to squeeze out the juice. To do this, remove the top layer with the skin and squeeze it into a deep bowl. Mixing the liquid with the remaining juice in the container, let it through the filter (gauze). Thus, not only impurities are eliminated, but oxygen saturation also occurs.
   
   Ready juice is poured into a container for fermentation to 3/4 of the height. If the wine is not too much, you can use glass jars.


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   Preparation of "apparatus"

   
   To make homemade wine fromgrapes did not start to sour, it must be protected from the influx of oxygen. At the same time, it is impossible to block the output of carbon dioxide. With this task, the water seal system manages. For example, the usual design of the lid, cans and tubes. In the absence of a special system, you can use a shop cover with a hydraulic lock or a medical glove with a perforated finger.


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   Active fermentation period

   
   The fermentation tank is placed in optimaltemperature conditions - 22-28С. If the temperature drops below 10-12C, the yeast will die and the process will stop. If after a couple of days fermentation stops, you need to prepare and add the juice to the juice for wine. To do this, raisins are soaked with sugar in water and allowed to ferment. After the addition of such a mixture, the wort will start to wander again.


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   Adding sugar

   
   That the fermentation process is maintained onnormal level, the sugar content should not exceed 10 - 15%. 3 days after the fermentation begins, the wine begins to sour. During this period, add 50 grams of sugar per liter of wine. A small portion of the liquid is poured into a separate container, sugar is stirred in it and poured back into the container. This procedure is repeated 3-4 times for 20 - 30 days. When the wine stops being sour, active fermentation will come to an end. To make wine at home from grapes, you must carefully monitor all processes and correct mistakes in a timely manner.


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   Withdrawal of the drink

   
   There comes a time when the gas outlet ceasesrelease into the water bubbles (the glove is blown away). If during this period the liquid brightened, and a thick precipitate formed on the bottom, the wine should be drained into a separate container. Tare with a must is put on a raised platform, and an empty jar on the floor. Transfuse the liquid with a thin transparent tube, not bringing it closer than 3 cm to the sediment. The expressed wine is not yet fully formed, so there is still no complete transparency.


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   Level of sugar

   
   Active fermentation is behind, which means that allThe sugar present in the composition is not going anywhere. Given their taste preferences, you can make wine even sweeter. To do this, pour a couple of liters of the drink out of the can, dilute the necessary amount of sugar in it and pour it back. Those who prefer sour wine, you can not add anything at all.


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   Maturation of wine

   
   During the maturation, the taste is finally formeddrink. Usually quiet fermentation lasts from 40 to 360 days. To make grape wine at home, it makes no sense to withstand it for too long. Taste quality is unlikely to change. The container with liquid is again covered with a special lid (glove) or placed under the hydraulic seal. The optimum temperature for soaking is 10 - 16C. Sharp temperature changes are completely unacceptable. They have a detrimental effect on taste. Every 10 days, the wine is poured into a new container, leaving a residue in the original container.


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   Storage of wine

   
   Ready-made homemade wine is poured over small bottles and tightly clogged with stoppers. Keep this drink better in a dark cool place (6-8C).

Homemade wine from green grapes, recipe for beginners

Beginners in winemaking should not experiment. It is better to stick to strict recipes and clear directions. Make any adjustments - the fate of the masters. Let's talk about how to make white wine from grapes at home.

Necessary ingredients:

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  green grapes - 10 kg


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  white sugar - 3 kg

Cooking method

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   Grapes bunch clean from the branches, put in a deep container and press until the maximum amount of juice.


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   Strain the juice, mix it with sugar and pour into a jar. Naro tare with a plastic lid. In the lid, make a hole and insert a tube (one end into the jar, the second - into a container of water).


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   Leave the juice to ferment in a cool place for a couple of months.


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   After the expiration of the term, strain the wine, add sugar (100 g per 1 liter). Tightly seal the bottles and put them in a dark place for storage. After 30-40 days the drink will be completely ready.

Recipe for wine from red grapes at home

To make homemade grape wine with your own hands, it is not necessary to be an experienced winemaker. Wine from grapes, made at home, turns out delicious, slightly tart and sweet.

Necessary ingredients:

• 
  red grapes - 10 kg


• 
  white sugar - 2.5 kg

Cooking method

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   Take the cleaned unwashed grapes and mash with a crush until the abundant juice is formed.


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   Put the mass in a clean container, cover with gauze and leave for 5 days. Twice a day, mix it with a wooden spoon.


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   When the mash is properly raised, strain it and wring it with gauze. Pure the pure juice with sugar and pour into a bottle.


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   On the neck of the boot, put on a sterile glove withperforated finger. Leave the fermentation liquid in a warm place for 3 weeks. At the beginning of the process, the glove will be inflated, and after that it will go down again when the homemade wine from the grapes is ready.


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   After a while, the yeast will settle. Place a container of wine on the dais, and place an empty jar on the floor. Express the wine with a transparent tube.


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   Close the lid tightly and leave it for a monthfor ripening. Every seven days, pour the drink into a new container to filter out the residue. After - leave the wine for another month in a dark cool place.


7. 
   Take out the bottle, uncork and taste it. Drink of the Gods is ready!

When you learn how to make wine from grapes at home, you will never return to store beverages.