Winemaking
Why You Might Need Acid Blend When Making Fruit Wines
Wines that are enjoyable to drink are those that are in balance with acidity, tannin and sweetness. Professional grape winemakers often have to make adjustments to their juices before and during the fermenting process in order to attain the balance they are desiring for the wine they are making. Home winemakers that ferment the juice…
Read MoreHow To Make Wine – Part 2
In the previous article, Getting Started, we discussed what you should get in a good basic wine making starting kit. Today, we’ll take a look at the process of wine making using concentrated grape juice purchased from a wine making outlet. Tonight, I started a Grand Cru Liebraumilch that I purchased from Winemakers here in Orangeville. The staff…
Read MoreWhat Do Winemakers Use in Their Airlocks?
Anyone who has made wine for a while knows the correct level of liquid in the airlock is vital to assuring good wine. But questions come up about what exactly one should put in the airlock to protect the wine from air and other contaminants. Some suggest just plain water, others say a sanitizing solution…
Read MoreHow To Make Wine – Part 3
If you’ve been following along here, you’ll recall that we began with “Getting Started – Part 1” where we discussed the basic components of what you should look for in a home winemaking starter kit. Then in “Getting Started – Part 2” we looked at how simple it was to being the winemaking process. The…
Read MoreWhat is a Metheglin?
When doing research one home winemaking, some may come across websites, books and articles where the making of meads is also discussed. Although there is some debate about whether a mead is technically a wine, it is made with the same process – that of using yeast to ferment honey and water mixed together. Some…
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