Steps to prepare homemade wine

Preparing your wine enables you to control the percentage of alcohol in your wine.

In Summary
  • Dissolve the granulated sugar in a glass of filtered water and add it to the must then stir thoroughly.
  • Cover the fermentation with a clean kitchen cloth and allow the must to ferment for a week.
Red and white wine
Red and white wine
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Preparing your wine enables you to control the percentage of alcohol in your wine.

It's easy to make wine from your grapes from the comfort of your home.

To prepare wine you are required to have the following ingredients.

Ingredients 

  • wine yeast
  • Granulated sugar
  • Filtered water
  • Grapes

Processes  

Step 1

Crush the grapes in a clean fermentation container to release their juice

Then add the wine yeast to the juice released and mix well.

Step 2

Dissolve the granulated sugar in a glass of filtered water and add it to the must then stir thoroughly.

Must refers to freshly crushed fruit or grape juice before or during fermentation, particularly in winemaking

Step 3

Then cover the fermentation with a clean kitchen cloth and allow the must to ferment for a week.

Step 4 

After a week stir the wine serve it in a wine glass and enjoy your homemade wine.         



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