How to Make Wine

By eHow Food & Drink Editor

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Making wine at home can be a fun and rewarding experience. Though the entire process takes more than a month, depending on the type of wine you are making and the recipe you are using, any wine connoisseur will learn a lot from the process and potentially increase his or her vino IQ. Read on to learn how to make wine.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

8 lbs. of sugar
2 egg whites
Food coloring
4 oz. of yeast
5 lbs. of blue grapes
3 gallons of water
1 lb. of wheat
Nylon cloth
1 lb. of wheat
Food coloring
Earthen jar with lid
2 egg whites
8 lbs. of sugar
Long spoon
3 gallons of water
4 oz.of yeast
Nylon cloth
5 lbs. of blue grapes

Step1

Gather the ingredients you need to make wine.

Step2

Separate the grapes from the stalk. Wash the grapes.

Step3

Crush the grapes with your hands and place them in an earthen jar.

Step4

Whip the egg whites well.

Step5

Add 4 lbs. of sugar and all the other ingredients to the crushed grapes.

Step6

Cover the jar with a lid. Use a well-fitting lid to prevent any dust or insects from entering the jar.

Step7

Open the lid once a day to stir the contents for 21 days. Ensure that you replace the lid properly after stirring.

Step8

Add the remaining 4 lbs. of sugar into the jar after 21 days.

Step9

Keep the container for another 21 days without opening.

Step10

Open the jar after 21 days and carefully strain the clear wine on top using a nylon cloth.

Step11

Add color if you want. Remember that artificial colors are very strong. Add the color to the wine drop by drop, and mix well with the spoon after every addition. Stop adding color when your wine reaches the desired color you want.

Tips & Warnings

You can reduce the amount of sugar if you do not want your wine to be very sweet.

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Comments

amyshores said

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on 2/6/2008 This is a great article Thanks so much for the information, very informative!! Keep up the good work

Imker said

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on 1/6/2008 Egg whites, food coloring, wheat????? And for that matter, sugar???? This is how you want to teach people to make wine?

Use wine grapes and you don't need to add sugar. Wine grapes, water, sugar. Keep it simple!