Mead is independently multicultural. It is known from many sources of ancient history throughout Europe, Africa and Asia, although archaeological evidence of it is ambiguous. Its origins are lost in prehistory, it can be regarded as the ancestor of all fermented drinks.
Sometimes even if your homemade wine is perfectly ready, it still stays murky. Usually it happens with fruit wines (plum, pear etc.) and in this case wine needs extra clarification. There are various methods, but most popular are: Clarification by adding gelatin and Clarification by adding egg white.
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To prepare homemade sparkling wine you should take 2-3 year old fruit wines (apples will be the best option). Start preparation in the middle or in the end of summer to get it ready by winter.
For homemade winemaking you don’t need any special wine making equipment or kits, just some basic wine making instructions that we’ll give you in this guide for beginners!
We collect ripe grape early in the morning while from dew-sprinkled vines or in the warm afternoon. You can crush grapes in many ways. In traditional wine-making countries like Moldovia, Georgia and Armenia they have big round hole covered with cement in the middle of the yard. Before winemaking season this hole gets carefully washed, grapes are placed inside and the whole family with friends and relatives crush the ripe berries with bare feet.
If you make your wine at home, them the process can be simplified: put berries in a clean container. Do not wash them, but make sure that leaves and small branches do not get inside. After the grape is crushed, place the container covered with gauze on a sunny terrace or balcony to let the mixture sit for 2 days. This is necessary to heat the mixture and to activate wine yeast.
As soon as the mixture starts to produce slight sour smell it should be poured to the bottles with narrow neck. Every bottle should be filled not more then for ¾ as otherwise grape juice will overflow. To begin the fermentation process we need to cork the bottles, but to leave the possibility for carbon dioxide to ooze out. For these purposes we need to prepare a special cork: drill a hole in a firm long cork, put a rubber hose in the hole and cover the upper part with something sticky that won’t let the air come throw (can be plasticine or something similar). Cork the bottle and put the other end of the hose into a bottle with fresh water.
Red wines are often classified by “body-type”. A red wine referred to as light-bodied is making a reference to the mouth-feel and tannin structure, having fewer tannins present and less presence on the palate. These wines tend to be less demanding partners with flavor-filled foods. An example of a light-bodied red wine would be one derived from the Gamay grape varietal, such as France’s famed young red wine: Beaujolais Nouveau.
The Gamay grape varietal which produces Beaujolais wine is typically light-bodied and fruity and meant for immediate consumption, having tropical flavors and aromas - reminiscent of bananas. There are wines made from Gamay produced in the designated Cru areas of northern Beaujolais with more body and tannin meant to be consumed after some modest aging; these wines typically have the flavor of sour cherries, black pepper, dried berry and blackcurrant. Gamay Beaujolais is considered to be an early ripening Californian clone of Pinot Noir. Gamay has also been introduced recently into Oregon’s Willamette Valley wine region, known for its wines made from Pinot Noir, another Burgundian grape.
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Warm summer night or quiet winter evening; romantic couple or company of friends; picnic for two or party for hundred – circumstances, style, tastes and habits can be different, but there’s always a place for a bottle of good wine.
Wine making process was one of most popular hobbies in all times and I’m absolutely sure that nothing can be compared to a good home brew wine, prepared with your own hands, with a little part of your soul in every drop!
There are innumerable technologies to make home made wine. Each and every winemaker has his/her own secrets and home made wine recipes, but basic rules are still same for everyone and we’ll share them with you in this blog.
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