Homemade wine, step by step
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The main guide
How to Make Homemade Wine
The classic grape method from start to finish: the equipment and ingredients, the full step-by-step process for red and white wine, and the differences between the two.
- 1Sanitize
- 2Crush & press
- 3Ferment
- 4Rack & clear
- 5Age
- 6Bottle
Pick your starting point
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From grape juiceHow to Make Wine from Grape JuiceThe easiest first batch: store-bought juice, yeast and a jug. -
From fruitHow to Make Homemade Wine from FruitBerries, plums, apples and more, turned into country wine. -
Without yeastHow to Make Wine Without YeastWild fermentation: how it works and when it goes wrong. -
RecipesBest Homemade Wine RecipesGrape, blackberry, banana and other fruit wine recipes. -
MeadHow to Make Mead (Honey Wine)Honey wine, the oldest fermented drink, step by step. -
Hard ciderHow to Make Hard CiderApple juice fermented dry, ready faster than wine. -
Country winesElderberry Wine RecipeElderberry, plum, dandelion and other classics. -
MuscadineMuscadine Wine RecipeThe Southern grape, red or white.
Recipes
Fruit Wine Recipes
Country wines from the fruit you can actually get: berries, plums, peaches, apples and elderberries, each with quantities for a one-gallon or five-gallon batch.
- Apple wine
- Banana wine
- Blackberry wine
- Blueberry wine
- Cherry wine
- Cranberry wine
- Dandelion wine
- Elderberry wine
Gear and ingredients
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Wine making kitsOne- and six-gallon starter kits compared side by side. -
Wine yeastsWhich strain for reds, whites, fruit wines and restarts. -
Equipment & suppliesFermenters, carboys, airlocks, hydrometers, corkers and more. -
Mead making kitsOne-gallon mead kits compared. -
Wine and fruit pressesBasket presses for grapes, apples and berries. -
Carboys and fermentersGlass, PET or a bucket, and the best of each.
Winemaking calculators
From the first crush to the first glass
A batch of homemade wine takes a few weekends of work and a few months of patience. The guides here walk you through every step in between.
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