Adventures in Wine Crafting

In this lesson you will learn how to make wine out of frozen apple juice.

In this lesson you will learn why it is important to rack wine and how to do it.

In this lesson you will learn how to bottle and hand label wine.

Learn how to decide which herbal tea to use and how to prepare it for a wine.

The hydrometer provides the Specific Gravity of the wine which can indicate the potential alcohol. This lesson demonstrates how to use and read a hydrometer.

Learn how to tell if the must is ready to be racked into the secondary fermenter.

This lecture shows the equipment you will need to make wine from fresh fruit and how to select the fruit you will use.

Learn how to use the fresh fruit in the primary fermenter for the best taste and color.

The refractor is another instrument that you can use to determine the potential alcohol of your wine. This lesson demonstrates how to use the refractor and the Brix readings.

The fruit pulp needs to be removed before the must can be racked into the secondary fermentor. This lecture show one technique to remove the pulp for optimal clear wine.

Pressing fruit is an alternative to using whole fruit when making wine. This lecture demonstrates one method of pressing fruit for the juice.

Once the fruit is pressed, the juice can be used to make the wine. Follow along in this lesson as we make strawberry wine from the pressed fruit.

Many vegetables can be made into wine. This lecture demonstrates how to make carrot wine.

If the flower is edible, it can be made into wine. Learn how to make dandelion wine, then use the same process for other flower wines.

Once you have made some basic wines, you will want to blend different flavors and add spices. This lesson explains how to select complimentary fruits for blending. It also explains how to determine which spices will work with your wine.