PLEASEE!!! just PLEASE!!!
2006-10-12 02:12:29 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
Add yeast to fruit juice.
For a step by step tutorial, try the site below. It really is not rocket science, but although anyone can make a wine, it may take a while to learn how to make a really good wine.
2006-10-12 02:14:48 · answer #1 · answered by Richard 7 · 68⤊ 1⤋
Basically, wine is just aged fruit juice. There a microorganisms everywhere in our world on the floor; in the air, etc. If you leave any kind of fruit juice out on your kitchen table the hungry micro-organisms will eat the sugar in the juice and survive. Just like you and I breathe out CO2 as an out put these micro organisms make alcohols so eventually all the sugar in the fruit juice becomes alcoholic juice. These are the basics. Now if you want to get different tastes you need to control which type of juices and which type of micro-organisms you want to invite to the party. Some organisms will sour the fruit others will give different tastes. So that's get's into the yeasts and other stuff in the art of wine making. The trick is also for little micro organisms to get through all those sugars in that big wine bottle and eat them all up would take a bit. This is why "Wine" develops or gets more of its taste with time.
2006-10-12 09:23:51 · answer #2 · answered by nor2006 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to your local Barnes and Noble bookstore, or its equivalent, and ask the staff to direct you to some books on the topic of winemaking. No matter what your age, reading about it is not illegal, so don't be afraid to ask. You'll also find out, if you look in your phone book, about stores in your area that sell winemaker's supplies.
It is not a terribly complicated process, but you do need to know what you're doing or you'll wind up with a disgusting mess. It does take practice - my first couple batches of homemade wine were - well, they were awful. My most recent batch came out quite nicely.
It helps if you live in or near a wine-producing region like here in Upstate New York. You can take guided tours through a number of wineries - age is no limit for the tours, but you do have to be of legal age to sample the product.
It is legal for an adult to make their own wine. You cannot sell it unless you obtain a license through your state. That can get complicated and expensive - but getting caught bootlegging is WAY more expensive! If you really got ambitious and decided to distill your wine into something far stronger, it is legal to make up to 200 gallons of hard liquor a year for your OWN use - again, get caught selling 'shine on the side, and you in a HEAP 'o trouble, child! My - ah - cousins done did that until a few years on a chain gang convinced 'em to find "other means" of self-support...
Anyway - making your own, even if it's only three or five gallons a year, can be a pleasant hobby. Go on, go get the books I suggested - you'll only need one or two - and have fun!
2006-10-12 09:54:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
get some grapes, squash them and then add sugar and yeast.
Leave for weeks till ready to drink then voila, wine.
I think thats rite anyway.
2006-10-12 09:16:30 · answer #4 · answered by Robert A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋