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Making Wine Like a Pro
Wine making is an easy, cost-efficient way to stock up on your favorite vintages. Although the wine-making process is fairly simple, it's important to follow the steps carefully to ensure you don't miss any elements. These steps will be crucial to the success of your batch.
Once you've decided to make a batch of wine, the first thing to consider is the equipment needed. The following is a list of the wine making equipment required to make a basic batch of red wine:
Large nylon straining bag
Cloth (any kind will do)
Large pail (with a lid)
Hydrometer
Thermometer
Acid titration kit
Clear, bendable plastic tubing (a half inch in diameter)
Two, one gallon glass jugs
Corks
Hand corker
Fermentation lock and bung
Wine bottles (between 5 and 7)
After you've assembled the necessary equipment, just follow these easy steps and you'll produce a great batch of wine in practically no time at all:
1. Prepare the Produce First, inspect the fruit to ensure the grapes are ripe and free of insects or other contaminants. Put the grapes in the straining bag and measure the sugar level using your hydrometer. A hydrometer can be purchased at any wine making store. The sugar density should be 22 ideally. Also, remember to remove the stems from all grapes in order to make your wine smoother and sweeter. Finish this step by transferring the ingredients into the jug.
2. Adjust the Juice This is a crucial step in the wine-making process. You must measure the acid content using your titration kit. The ideal level is 6 to 7 grams per liter for red wine and 6.5 to 7.5 per liter for white wine. You'll want to regulate the sugar level by measuring it with your hydrometer from time to time. Sugar levels should remain at 22 for both red and white wines. The fermentation should remain around 70-degrees-Fahrenheit for basic red wines. Abiding by these temperatures will ensure that the process goes smoothly.
3. Rack the Wine Insert your clear plastic hose into the wine jug and attach it to the opening of the other (empty) sanitized jug. Siphon the wine from one jug to the other in order to keep the wine in a completely sanitized container. Next, fit the jug with a bung and fermentation lock. This step may take some time, but it's important to be slow and careful so you don't stir up the sediment. Let the wine sit for an extended period of time (some people choose to wait weeks or even months).
4. Bottle the Wine Bottling your wine is the easy part. Simply siphon your wine from the jug into your wine bottles. Be sure to leave about 2-inches at the top of every bottle, otherwise it will cause overflow when the cork is inserted. To cork your wine bottles simply insert a cork into the hand corker, position the corker over the lever and insert.
5. Drink and Enjoy!
Bill Kaplan spends most of his free time researching and practicing the art of beer brewing and wine making and serves as a contributing editor for the http://www.winemakingandbeerbrewing.com/ website. The site offers information on making wine, various types of wine cabinets, the beer and wine forums and more.
Copyright Bill Kaplan - http://www.winemakingandbeerbrewing.com/
Thoughts about Chianti Region
Making Wine Like a Pro
Wine making is an easy, cost-efficient way to stock up on your favorite vintages. Although the wine-making process is fairly simple, it's impo...
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Chianti Region Items For Viewing
The FTD We Fondly Remember Arrangement - Standard
This colorful bouquet conveys your deep sympathies. Traditionally arranged in a basket are red roses, pink gladiolus, white spider chrysanthemums, purple iris and more. Appropriate to send to a home or to a funeral. S5-3498S
Price: 129.99 USD
Headlines on Chianti Region
Under the Tuscan sun (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:17:28 PDT
Photo students see Florence’s sights firsthand
Dining: Dining Guide for Northeast Ohio (Cleveland Free Times)
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:38:00 PDT
Downtown Alesci’s Downtown 828 Huron Rd., 216-348-8600. A true hidden gem for workday lunches, this unpretentious Italian eatery offers speedy, cafeteria-style service along with friendly staffers and a full bar. To eat, consider ready-made salads, calzones, subs and pizza, as well as hearty homemade entrees and occasional daily specials. While weekday lunches are sure things, evening and ...
Haute wines for hot dogs (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:16:23 PDT
By KAREN PAGE and ANDREW DORNENBURG We never dreamed that our first taste of a 1961 Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion, a rare wine with a four-figure price tag, would occur with our first taste of a Spicy Redneck from Crif Dogs in New York. The hot dog was wrapped in bacon, deep-fried and topped with chili, coleslaw and jalapeno peppers. Then again, we had never met a wine lover like Grae Verlin, ...
The Italian connection (Business Standard India)
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:18:08 PDT
After French and Australian wines, Italian wines are the most-sold imported wines in India today. And while they are neither as expensive as the French, nor as ubiquitous as the Aussies, they have a dedicated number of aficionados here.
Port growers struggle to stay afloat (International Herald Tribune)
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:44:16 PDT
Sales of the sweet wine are trending down, but winemakers say the answer to the problems of the Douro Valley region of Portugal, the home of port, may be improving quality.
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Making Wine Like a Pro
Wine making is an easy, cost-efficient way to stock up on your favorite vintages. Although the wine-making process is fairly simple, it's important to follow the steps carefully to ensure you don't miss any elements. These steps will be crucial to the success of your batch.
Once you've decided to make a batch of wine, the first thing to consider is the equipment needed. The following is a list of the wine making equipment required to make a basic batch of red wine:
Large nylon straining bag
Cloth (any kind will do)
Large pail (with a lid)
Hydrometer
Thermometer
Acid titration kit
Clear, bendable plastic tubing (a half inch in diameter)
Two, one gallon glass jugs
Corks
Hand corker
Fermentation lock and bung
Wine bottles (between 5 and 7)
After you've assembled the necessary equipment, just follow these easy steps and you'll produce a great batch of wine in practically no time at all:
1. Prepare the Produce First, inspect the fruit to ensure the grapes are ripe and free of insects or other contaminants. Put the grapes in the straining bag and measure the sugar level using your hydrometer. A hydrometer can be purchased at any wine making store. The sugar density should be 22 ideally. Also, remember to remove the stems from all grapes in order to make your wine smoother and sweeter. Finish this step by transferring the ingredients into the jug.
2. Adjust the Juice This is a crucial step in the wine-making process. You must measure the acid content using your titration kit. The ideal level is 6 to 7 grams per liter for red wine and 6.5 to 7.5 per liter for white wine. You'll want to regulate the sugar level by measuring it with your hydrometer from time to time. Sugar levels should remain at 22 for both red and white wines. The fermentation should remain around 70-degrees-Fahrenheit for basic red wines. Abiding by these temperatures will ensure that the process goes smoothly.
3. Rack the Wine Insert your clear plastic hose into the wine jug and attach it to the opening of the other (empty) sanitized jug. Siphon the wine from one jug to the other in order to keep the wine in a completely sanitized container. Next, fit the jug with a bung and fermentation lock. This step may take some time, but it's important to be slow and careful so you don't stir up the sediment. Let the wine sit for an extended period of time (some people choose to wait weeks or even months).
4. Bottle the Wine Bottling your wine is the easy part. Simply siphon your wine from the jug into your wine bottles. Be sure to leave about 2-inches at the top of every bottle, otherwise it will cause overflow when the cork is inserted. To cork your wine bottles simply insert a cork into the hand corker, position the corker over the lever and insert.
5. Drink and Enjoy!
Bill Kaplan spends most of his free time researching and practicing the art of beer brewing and wine making and serves as a contributing editor for the http://www.winemakingandbeerbrewing.com/ website. The site offers information on making wine, various types of wine cabinets, the beer and wine forums and more.
Copyright Bill Kaplan - http://www.winemakingandbeerbrewing.com/
Thoughts about Chianti Region
Making Wine Like a Pro
Wine making is an easy, cost-efficient way to stock up on your favorite vintages. Although the wine-making process is fairly simple, it's impo...
Click Here to Read More About Wine ...
Chianti Region Items For Viewing
The FTD We Fondly Remember Arrangement - Standard
This colorful bouquet conveys your deep sympathies. Traditionally arranged in a basket are red roses, pink gladiolus, white spider chrysanthemums, purple iris and more. Appropriate to send to a home or to a funeral. S5-3498S
Price: 129.99 USD
Headlines on Chianti Region
Under the Tuscan sun (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:17:28 PDT
Photo students see Florence’s sights firsthand
Dining: Dining Guide for Northeast Ohio (Cleveland Free Times)
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:38:00 PDT
Downtown Alesci’s Downtown 828 Huron Rd., 216-348-8600. A true hidden gem for workday lunches, this unpretentious Italian eatery offers speedy, cafeteria-style service along with friendly staffers and a full bar. To eat, consider ready-made salads, calzones, subs and pizza, as well as hearty homemade entrees and occasional daily specials. While weekday lunches are sure things, evening and ...
Haute wines for hot dogs (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:16:23 PDT
By KAREN PAGE and ANDREW DORNENBURG We never dreamed that our first taste of a 1961 Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion, a rare wine with a four-figure price tag, would occur with our first taste of a Spicy Redneck from Crif Dogs in New York. The hot dog was wrapped in bacon, deep-fried and topped with chili, coleslaw and jalapeno peppers. Then again, we had never met a wine lover like Grae Verlin, ...
The Italian connection (Business Standard India)
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:18:08 PDT
After French and Australian wines, Italian wines are the most-sold imported wines in India today. And while they are neither as expensive as the French, nor as ubiquitous as the Aussies, they have a dedicated number of aficionados here.
Port growers struggle to stay afloat (International Herald Tribune)
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:44:16 PDT
Sales of the sweet wine are trending down, but winemakers say the answer to the problems of the Douro Valley region of Portugal, the home of port, may be improving quality.
Food Wine
Marvel Wine
Wine Cabinet | Wine Caddy
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