I've been making homemade wine for my family and friends for awhile now just using plastic water jugs. (thats how I was taught) Everyone really enjoy the taste. Since Ive been looking for a more professional way to make it and I saw your website I purchased my 1st wine kit. Thanks so much for the video.

Hi Mike

Thanks for the video and that was a lot of information. Just wanted to ask how should I keep a wine for fermentation, Some say 12 days others say 22 days.. Please let me know. Also please let me know for 1 Kg of black grapes what would be the measurements of the other ingredients such as water, sugar, yeast etc.

Thanks

Biju Sam Mathew

Thankyou so much for the book and the video I'm currently in the fermentation process and things are going very well so far! Thanks again

is it ok to use the screw on caps---after the wine settles down===I dont have a corker

Thanks to your help, I have made several 1 gal. batches. Not all have been great, but aging makes such an amazing difference. My best was a blueberry wine from fresh fruit. Great flavor and such a great color and clarity. I gave a bottle to the people who gave us the fruit and they gave me back the empty bottle a day later. Thaks again.

Thank you Mike. I am only a home wine maker for own use. I am greatful to you.
Once I try out, I will make my comments.
Haridas Rao

Approximately how many bunches of grapes will I need to make 5 gallons?
Bill

Thanks Mike for the video tell you how my wine taste next year. was wondering if my wine will stand up to yours! just joking thanks for the time you put into helping others. Joe

like your vido It just takes me a while to get all this information into my head . It is a slow thing with me . But am getting good info from your vidows Thanks Ray

Mike, my first time and ready to start wine kit for 4 weeks. Do I just put cover on the fermentor and leave for a week after adding all required ingredients and yeast? Not sure about this part... :) also can u explain in detail the wine thief? I am trying to figure out an easy way to syphon when time comes..
Barb

Thank you for the clarifications in your video, very informative.
Looking forward to your next one.

Jim

I have been useing screw tope bottles rather than corks ,is this ok?

thanks for the video i just wanted to ask u inspite of all the ingredients put correctly my wine has turned a little sour i have made ginger wine

I want to try my hand at making grape wine from concentrate in a 5 gallon batch, do you have a recipe you could share? I have all the equipment, just need a recipe, or can I just multiply the recipe for one gallon?

Dear Mike,
Please, how are the quantities of sugar and lemon to be inverted for 10 gallons.?
...and what does ''racking wine'' mean?

Best regards, Paul.

New hobby...I am curious...If i make a raisin musk and add extra sugar...after it is done fermenting, can I add more yeast to get a higher alcohol content...Please let me know at dpoulette@shaw.ca
appreciated
DP

Hi i like this

this is my first time trying to make wine. My wife and i love sweet muscadine wine, and we had a good crop this year. One of our friends has been making it for years and im trying it. So now ive got 5 gallons on mashed muscadimes and 5 lbs of sugar in churn, and its working. My question is i cant find anything on the internet about doing it like this, Have i messed up the whole thing or can it be saved? in advance thank you B Morton

I would like to know how to ajust the acid in my wine. I made a batch of Grenache red wine It currently has a acid reading of 0.3 should I use tarteric acid or a acid blend too bring it up to 0.6?

Your video was vary helpful overview. Thanks for sending it.

making wine from sqeezed grapes(grape juice) chanti is it the same as in your format for making wine with other juice's do i still have to add yeast;compden tablets &stabilezer;s&how much yeast &what is stablizer;s &how much

you must always add yeast when making wine. That is what ferments the sugar to alcohol. Campden tablets are added prior to adding yeast to kill any bacteria in your must. Learn more here http://homemade-wine-making-gu...

Hi there, thank you very much for your generosity. I am wondering if i used fruit for a dessert wine would this process be the same?

I should have viewed this video before I started batching my wine. I followed the "kits" instructions to the letter (winexpert). There was no instruction on whether to use an airlock with the primary fermentor or not..so I didn't. The SG after 6 days was .960 it started at 1.048. I'm guessing there wasn't an issue with not using the airlock during PF. My question is this will I have taste problems because I didn't use an airlock during PF?

love the video i make mine wine out of fruit juices been making it for 5 years + have round about 60 bottles stored so i have decided to try different methods so it is great to see how others do it and to get some tips

Hey Mike, I am doing an acid test on a batch of red wine and I read in the instructions that I should dilute the wine to a blush color to test it. Will this not dilute the acid content as well? How do I compensate for the 5cc of water I put in to dilute it?

I am just getting ready to bottle a 'kit' wine. The instructions say that 'This wine is very acceptable at bottling tim (28 days) and will sustain the quality seen at bottling if stored in a consistently dark and cool place with the bottles oriented on their sides up to six months."

Does this mean it may go bad after 6 months? It also says that if aging longer than 6 months add 1/4 tsp. Potassium Metabisulphite before bottling. a 1/4 tsp is adequate for 6 gallons? sounds odd to me. Thansk, R Gutzky

Is it a fruit wine kit? If so they have a shorter life span. They are OK I find for up to a year or so. Then they get a little funky. Go ahead and add the metabisulfite, it just keeps the wine from re-fermenting and oxidizing too quickly. Most measurements are given in per gallon increments.

Cheers
Chrys

Thanks for the tip. It is a grape concentrate; its supposed to mimic a Bordeaux Red. So if its saying a 1/4 tsp it really means 1.5 tsps? (Its a 6 gallon batch)

yes that would do it.