How to Make Homemade Wine?

Red wine is considered one of the most popular drinks around the world. Frequently, People who love a good red wine have the romantic idea of making its own wine. Fortunately, there are many books, websites and magazines available for wine lovers who want to be wine makers. The regular process of winemaking is really straightforward, but it can take some time. However the good news is this: You can make a great homemade red wine from concentrated grape juice in very few and simple steps and for a very reasonable price. At the end, you will see that everything is worth it!

The first step of making red wine at home is to gather the follow ingredients and materials: grape juice concentrate, yeast, sugar, a five-gallon glass bottle, an airlock, corks, a plastic hose, and wine bottles. The ingredients (grape juice concentrate, yeast and sugar) are very common, so you can buy them at the supermarket close to your home. The materials (a five-gallon-glass bottle, an airlock, corks and plastic hose) can be found in stores such as Home Depot, Target and WalMart or on web sites like Amazon.com, Homebrewery.com, and Thebrewshopokc.com. Finally, the wine bottles can be found anywhere, but if you want to save some money, just ask your friends who love a good wine, and they will surely have some empty bottles for you.

After you get all of the materials and ingredients previously indicated, you will start with a very important stage of the preparation. You must follow these steps carefully. First, sanitize the fermentation container and siphon materials to prevent wine contamination. Boiling water is one of the most effective methods of purification. Another simple way to do this is by using sterilization tablets. The idea is to ferment the juice in a completely clean container, in this way avoiding the impurities. Remember, don’t skip this very important step because the wine can be contaminated, and you will waste time and money, to say nothing about risking your health. Second, put the grape juice concentrate in the five-gallon