Interested in homemade wine and want to learn the very best homemade wine recipes so you can make it yourself? Then you’re in luck!
Making wine at home is simple, entertaining and absolutely delicious. Like you would expect, there is a wide variety of wine recipes and tastes to explore, all with their unique qualities and quirks.
All of the homemade wine recipes presented below have been passed down from generation to generation and are entirely natural; they have no preservatives or commercial additives. This serves to ensure their original quality so you can get their characteristic taste!
In this article we’ll be taking a look at the very best homemade wine recipes of all time. From the classic grape to the trendy blackberry and even banana, they are straightforward, stunningly tasty and truly qualify as some of the best homemade wine recipes you can ever get your hands on.
Let’s begin!
Index
Simply click on the type of wine you want to make to jump to its section.
Any of these home wine making recipes will deliver a deliciously smooth, tasty and healthy wine that’ll stun you with its quality. You’ll need a few pieces of equipment and ingredients so be sure to check out the home wine making supplies article to get the very best online, sent straight to your doorstep. If you want to take a short-cut, you can also get a wine making kit that already contains everything you need to make the recipes below!
Side-note: All of these home brew wine recipes are written in their original form to preserve their utmost authenticity, this means that both the quantities and measurement type vary, keep that in mind if you need to make any conversions for both the quantity (making only half or doubling) and the units (turning kilos into pounds, for example).
Now let’s dive right in and learn all about these excellent and easy homemade wine recipes.
Grape wine is, as you surely know, a renowned and extremely popular wine. Although there are a lot of homemade grape wine recipes that offer different ways to make it, including the age-old classic way that I’ve already covered in another article, the one below is an easier and faster way to do it and still get great results.
Although you can make either red or white at home, the one below is a homemade red wine recipe and won’t work for white (for white you’d have to remove the solids before fermentation).
Ingredients
How to Make Grape Wine
It’s simple and produces a tasty result, making it a great grape wine recipe that allows you to perfectly make the nectar at home quickly and easily.
For a more in-depth guide into making a truly classic, age-old wine that’s capable of competing with the very best, be sure to read our full article on how to make homemade wine.
Blackberries are typically in season during the late summer and early autumn.
They can be easily found in hedgerows in Europe and the US, and are best for making jams, desserts, tea and surprisingly – wine!
Ingredients
To make blackberry wine, you will need:
How to Make Blackberry Wine
Currant is a unique berry famous for its gorgeous looks and positively potent health effects.
Although it’s often used in juices and desserts, it also makes a very unique, tasty wine.
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How to Make Blackcurrant Wine
Remember to use enough yeast, if the naturally occurring wild yeast on the fruit isn’t enough, otherwise fermentation won’t start.
A lot of people consider raspberry wine to be one of the best and with this excellent recipe you’ll understand why.
From its striking color to the instantly recognizable aromas, it’s a wonderful wine – let’s get to it!
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How to Make Raspberry Wine
You can make the wine sweeter by adding a stabilizer about a month before bottling.
Blueberries are prevalent during the September to October season and they make a very distinctive wine.
It’s very aromatic and gorgeous looking so it’s fun to make homemade wines using the blueberries.
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How to Make Blueberry Wine
Here’s a wonderful video that I found that goes very in-depth to explain how this wine’s made:
Banana wine is not only one of the most affordable to make but it also has a unique color and incredibly interesting flavor that makes it attractive and entertaining to make and drink.
The recipe below is very, very large (it’s how it was originally made and passed down from person to person) so just cut down the quantities in proportion to fit your needs.
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How to Make Banana Wine
The main reason why people love fruit wines is that they can be made from both frozen and fresh fruits. You are not limited to making the wine during the harvest season, making it very versatile and handy.
This will work with nearly any fruit you have laying around so just choose your favorite – using this as a homemade apple wine recipe is a favorite among many people, for example – and have fun!
Ingredients
Here’s what you need for the homemade fruit wine recipe:
How to Make Fruit Wine
If you want a more in-depth guide on this particular recipe, be sure to read the full guide on how to make homemade wine from fruit.
Conclusion
By following any of these top-notch home wine recipes, you’ll be on your way to make and taste some absolutely wonderful beverages. Always remember to ensure that all of your equipment is properly cleaned and sterilized and most importantly of all – have fun while doing it!