home wine making?

Question

i love wine so much that i would like to start making my own wine, ive no idea where to start or equipment i will need? i obviously need to grow grapes and will need the press them and keep them at the right temperature.

where would i buy all the equipment?

Thanks loads!!

Answer 1

I grew up making wine. We would blend grapes from California and Niagra. We used a crusher that removed the stems and a wratchet press. Oak Barrels were used for fermentation and then with the lids back on for storage. Dirty work for about two or three weeks each year. Quality was usually very good and this was the house wine for an entire year.

Now I use wine kits or go to a do-it-yourself shop. I keep three or four different types in stock. I make five gallons at a time and quality is always excellent. No mess and no hassle and I don't have to come up with a lot of cash every autumn.

I recommend starting small and deciding how much committment you want to put into it before investing in equipment and making from scratch.

Even many Italians and Portuguese have swiched over to juice in a pail for it's convenience and guaranteed results.

Answer 2

Wine can be made from many diiferent ingredients - not just grapes. Yes you will need a fair amount of equipment to start - probably about £50.00 should be enough to get you started (the best thing is, once you have the equipment, you can re-use it time and time again so wine making can be a very inexpensive and rewarding past-time). Once you are well into brewing, rest assured you will never be short of friends.

If you want more specific advice - email me

Answer 3

balloon wine is a good way to start & see if you get into it. you need a large glass bottle some concentrated grape juice sugar and a thick balloon or one of those punch ball blow up deals, I don't recall the exact recipe but it can turn out pretty good, I had a retired friend that had a few bottles going all the time he would filter the stuff and test the alcohol using everclear to get the wine up to 20% he would bottle it and age it too it was a nice hobby and the wine wasn't bad at all.

Answer 4

You can buy a starter kit from large Boots stores -- and you can buy concentrated grape juice to start you off.

Be careful buying grape vines -- garden centres don't usually have appropriate wine grapes. It is best to visit a local vineyard (there are over 350 in southern England) they usually have wine grape vines for sale.

Other think you can do is join a home winemaking group -- there are plenty around


Jack Kellers has all the info you need on home winemaking. http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/

As Jack says, "If the Sumerians could doit, so can you"

Answer 5

this is the easies way. two get started
1. you need two demijohns
2, air Lock + bung
3. piece of tubing
4. brews yeast
5. pkt of sugar
6, two cartons of any fruit juice
place sugar in water enough to dissolve it and pour in sterilised jar
then add fruit juice and a tea spoon of yeast.
fill up with cold water to where the jar starts to narrow but still at the fattiest part .stick air lock in bung remember to put a little water in air lock first , just enough to fill one and a half of the bubbles on one side then fit into top of jar. then let it pop away for about two weeks or more.
When its finished popping use a tube to syphon from one jar to the other taking care to leave the crap in the bottom of the jar .
Then its a waiting game the longer you leave it the better it gets Ive made strawberry,white grape and apple and mango and peach wine this way its really easy have fun.

Answer 6

I would like to have a glass of wine right now

Answer 7

do a google search for : wine making equipment
you will find many suppliers

Answer 8

See below

Answer 9

samogonka russian vine :)

Answer 10

www.homebrewit.com/aisle/1100