You can make your own wine at your own home.
You can begin with choosing the kind of fruit you want to make as your wine.
A good fruit that you can use is cherries.
If you want a 5 gallon recipe of Cherry wine; there are a few ingredients that you will need.
You need to have 20 lbs.
of cherries, 10 lbs.
of sugar, 1 tbsp.
of yeast energizer, ¾ tsp.
of pectic enzyme, 5 tsp.
of acid blend, 10 Campden tablets and a Montrachet type of yeast.
You have to jot down these ingredients in your printable grocery list and head to the supermarket.
Aside from the ingredients, you need to buy the equipments for wine making.
You need to buy 2 six-gallon containers that will be used for the primary and secondary fermentation.
Be sure that it comes with an air-lock system.
You also have to buy vinyl hose that will help siphon your wine from the sediment.
Also, a straining bag is needed to help keep the pulp contained so it will separate with the wine.
The last item you will need is a hydrometer that will be used to distinguish the alcohol level of your wine.
Remember to sanitize all your materials properly to avoid bacterial contamination.
With all the ingredients and equipments on hand, you can now begin making your own home made wine.
You can begin by peeling off the skin of the cherries and chopping it off to smaller pieces.
Once you're done, you can put it in the straining bag.
You can mix in the rest of the ingredients except for the Montrachet yeast.
You will notice that you will get some pulp from the bag, just submerge it in the gallon container.
Then, add in 5 gallons of water.
Crush 5 Campden tablets and put it in the gallon container.
The next thing to do is to cover the container with a thin, clean and dry towel and cover it for 24 hours.
After 24 hours, sprinkle the Montrachet yeast over the juice and cover it again with a new thin, clean and dry towel.
Check the specific gravity of the wine with the use of the hydrometer.
The hydrometer should read a range of 0.
990 to 1.
120.
Put the containers in a dark room and away from the sunlight.
Allow the mixture to ferment for a week.
After a week, get rid of the pulp and siphon the wine with the use of the hose to another container.
Fill the container up with 3 gallons of water then cover the container.
Allow it again to ferment for six weeks or until it becomes clear.
Once you notice that the wine is completely clear, siphon it again to get rid of the sediments.
Add in the remaining crushed Campden tablets because it will help clear out your wine.
Once you are done, you can then bottle it up.