Feb 26th 11
Different Types of Grapes for Different Homemade Wines
Though a wide range of options exist, the tendency is that when most people think about making wines, they are usually thinking of making wine with grapes. Having a winery or being a professional winemaker with a large expanse of land isn’t a criterion for making your own wine. You may have some small space and grow your own grapes or simply purchase the grapes. By using an appropriate combination...
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Jan 31st 11
Wine Making Without Grapes
There are many different takes on what makes wine, wine. In some countries and localities, wine is only those drinks that are fermented with grapes. Others only consider wines to be those products that produced from a fermentation process where yeast and sugar get together to form alcohol. The only exception to this rule of thumb would be beer which is brewed and has a slightly different process...
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Jan 24th 11
Pressing Grapes at Home vs Kits and Juiced Grapes
Harvesting grapes is a tradition that is as old as mankind. Grapes are used for many different things but the most popular are wine and jelly. The harvest is usually early fall but there are some grapes that will mature late fall. The late fall grapes tend to make some of the best and sweetest wine.
Picking grapes is a tedious process where grapes are picked in bunches and handled carefully to avoid...
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Jan 22nd 11
Vintagemaster Complete Winemaking Kit, 40-Pound Box Reviews
Vintagemaster Complete Winemaking Kit, 40-Pound Box
100% food grade ingredients
All grape juice concentrates are sterilized and asceptically packaged.
Making great wines is as easy as 1.2.3. from the grape juice to the finished wine and in just a few steps you can obtain 60 bottles (750ml) of wine from each kit. All ingredients are 100% food grade and GMO free. All our fruit wine kit aromas are...
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Dec 30th 10
Vintagemaster Complete Winemaking Kit, 40-Pound Box
100% food grade ingredients
All grape juice concentrates are sterilized and asceptically packaged.
Product DescriptionMaking great wines is as easy as 1.2.3. from the grape juice to the finished wine and in just a few steps you can obtain 60 bottles (750ml) of wine from each kit. All ingredients are 100% food grade and GMO free. All our fruit wine kit aromas are completely natural, no artificial...
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Jul 16th 10
The Process of Making Wine
Wine, which is a drink we all know and love, is produced from fruits such as grapes and berries by drying and then fermenting them. Once the fruits ferment, the sugar within the fruit will turn into alcohol. The wine will display a different color, taste, and aroma depending on the type of fruit that it was made from.
Wine is divided into three main categories – fortified, sparkling, and table....
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Jun 17th 10
Do the people who crush grapes with their feet in winemaking wash their feet first?
In small-scale winemaking, the wine grapes are crushed by bare feet. Are these feet washed prior to crushing? Do they ever wear shoes or is it always bare feet?
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