Degassing is a crucial step in making homemade wine. Discover more about degassing wine withexpert tips from a wine maker in this free video about how to make wine. Expert: John Brack Contact: www.AustinHomebrew.com Bio: John Brack has been brewing his own beer and wine for more than 15 years, and has been on-staff with Homebrew Supply for more than 11 years. Filmmaker: MAKE | MEDIA

I have those anti-bacterial tablets for winemaking and just a basic set-up, but just wondering if there is anything that could seriously go wrong. I made some wine a few years ago and my friends and I drank it and nothing happened to us, but I want to make something a little more high quality this time.

With feedback from the original Homemade Wine video, I’ve created a newer version of the jingle video that includes pictures of my personal winemaking experiences, including a cameo by my dad!

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Wine contraption made from simple homemade items and a little ingenuity.

How long do I have to wait to enjoy a wine after making?

There is a widely circulated belief that the longer you keep a wine bottle, the better will the wine get. It is not necessarily this way. Let us see why we are actually storing the wine in the first place, and then you will be able to understand the importance of the time kept between preparing the wine and drinking it.

Time is give in order to age the product to make it better than the original. This is not applicable only to wine, but also to cheese, to meet, and so on. This aging habit originates in the past because people back then has to use whatever available for making the wine. Because, they depended totally on the Providence for what their mix for wine was, they needed to give sufficient time to the wine to age to become palatable. This time that was given to the wine to become palatable post fermentation has come to be known as aging period.

This theory has been proved by the fact the there are many old wines sold today (above 50 years or so) which are completely drinkable. However, this might not be so because the wine was okay when it was bottled; rather it was too harsh for consumption, so harsh that it took some 20-50 years to become palatable. Some need 100 years to become ‘good wines’ – and you can imagine how much money you will need to keep wine for so long in storage.

Applying today’s modern technology grapes cultivation has seen a lot of changes, as has the production of wine. Today, wine can be drunk almost as soon as it is bottled, though some of the wines would benefit by aging it a few years. There is a demand for wines that need long ‘incubation’ period, but the world is moving fast into the era when they want a fresh wine on the table without worrying when it was bottled and how long would I have to wait before I can have it.

There are some wines which will need some 2-3 years to reach their peak potential while some take about 5-7 years to reach that level. The critical point is to know about what time each type of wine needs to fulfill its potential or you will loose the wine bottle. There are many people who hang on to a ‘good’ bottle of wine for years and years, only to find out then they open it that it has separated into sediment and some inconclusive liquid.

The best time to wait before you have your wine is at best a few years from the bottling, unless it is mentioned otherwise. Do not get into the idea that the more the wine is kept the better it would taste. That period of time is over. The modern technology of wine production and the grapes we grow today, do not need decades of aging before developing into a world-class wine.

Hence, enjoy your wine as soon as you can!

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So you have made the choice to start making wine from home but now you need to know where to go next. You have been all over the Internet looking for recipes and you have found the ones that you want to work with. All you need now are the supplies for making your own brand of homemade wine. There are not only supplies, but equipment that is needed too. Once you learn this, you can be fully prepared for your wine making.

Where to Purchase Equipment

Most equipment can be found at your local department store. Large pans, stirrers and funnels can all be purchased at a lower price by just going to the discount store. Other supplies such as wine jugs can be reused from old jugs that are sitting around the home or can be purchased new. Some supplies are going to have to be purchased from either an online or local wine supply store.

Discount Store Purchases

• Pot
• Funnel
• Stir Stick

Reusable Equipment

• Pot
• Jugs

Specialty Items

• Stopper
• Cork
• Airlock
• Tubing or Hose
• Campden Tablets

Where to Purchase Supplies

Once you have all the equipment, you are going to want to purchase the actual supplies for making the wine. There are a few places where you can find the items necessary for making a great tasting wine. Each component is going to be purchased at different spots but many can be found at your local grocery store.

• Fruits – Grapes and other fruits can be purchased at any grocery store or farmers market if there is one in your area. It is best to choose the fruits yourself and make sure that they are ripe before using for wine. There are online stores that sell grapes that are specifically made for producing wine for those who want a more authentic taste. When fresh fruits are not convenient, frozen fruit or frozen concentrated juice is going to work as long as they are not loaded down with sugar.

• Honey – Honey is a natural sweetener that can be used in place of sugar or can be used on its own when making a mead wine. When purchasing honey, it can be wise to purchase this online as there is going to be more variety than you are going to find at your local grocery store. Honey is produced by bees and each honey type is going to reflect the taste of the pollen from the plants that the bees service. Clover honey comes from bees that pollinate clover and so on.

Any item or ingredient that cannot be found at the grocery or discount store can be found at the local wine maker shop. If there is not one nearby, then the Internet can be a great resource for purchasing wine making supplies.

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There are many different ways to make each and every wine type so finding the best recipes is the best way to get the perfect wine for you. It is best to look for those recipes that are the easiest to understand and to execute rather than going with those that are overly complicated. There is not going to be much difference in the final product, some recipes simply use only the ingredients and steps that are absolutely necessary and others add in many ingredients that are not going to give much more life to the wine. The one thing that you need to do is actually find these recipes before you even begin considering your first home wine making project.

• Books – There are many different wine making books and you can go through quite a few of them before you find the one that really hits the mark for you. The bad part about books is that you can spend a great deal of money on wine making books and not find one that actually contain recipes you would use. Thankfully, there are other ways to get wine recipes.

• Wine Making Stores – Many of the stores that are dedicated to selling wine making products are going to offer advice and recipes for making the wine. The people who own and work at them are probably experts when it comes to home wineries. They can offer some generic recipes that you can add to or change to make your own.

• The Internet – The Internet is one of the best resources for beginner and expert wine makers. There are easy recipes that only take grape juice, yeast and water to create a tasty red wine and they have recipes that can take many more steps and produce vineyard quality wines. You only need to conduct a quick search on the type of wine you want to make and the results are going to come back with more recipes than you can possibly look at in one day let alone in a few hours.

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There are many places where you can look for wine making recipes. There are easy recipes as well as difficult recipes for the master wine maker. Finding the right recipe for you is as easy as turning on your computer and doing an Internet search. Those who prefer can build an entire library of books on the topic so they always have a recipe that is going to work for the wine you are making.

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