Make wine from grapes

Making your blend of delicious wine can be your next kitchen project. It’s pretty easy, although it takes a bit of time. With this simple 6-step guide, you

Since we started making our own everything, I can't tell you how many people have asked us about making wine from garden grapes. Or, indeed, how many people have offered us their garden grapes to make wine. So it's about time I wrote down how to do it.

Concord Grapes - Not Just for Jelly! Most Americans eat Concord grapes all the time! They are tasty and versatile, and basically anything you buy from the store that is grape flavored is made with Concord grapes: jams, jellies, juices, spreads, preserves, fillings, baked goods, candies, and much more. However, take a walk down the wine aisle at your local grocery store and you would be hard pressed to find any wine at all made from Concord grapes.

This is a simple recipe for homemade grape wine. This is a typical home brew from south India enjoyed with a slice of X'mas fruit cake.

From sourcing grapes to sipping your final creation, this article chronicles the complex chemistry required to make wine at home.

Home winemaking is both fun and tasty, but the bottles can add up quickly. A single 5-gallon bath produces around 20 bottles of wine, and when I started making homemade wine I wanted to ferment

Making fruit wine is surprisingly simple, and while the winemaking recipes may change slightly depending on the type of fruit you choose, the general process is pretty much always the same. These simple fruit wines

Since we started making our own everything, I can't tell you how many people have asked us about making wine from garden grapes. Or, indeed, how many people have offered us their garden grapes to make wine. So it's about time I wrote down how to do it.

If you are lucky enough to live in an area where Concord grapes are grown, you can make a simple wine using the fresh grapes. For every gallon of wine you plan to make you will need approximately 6 to 8 pounds of fresh, clean Concord grapes.

Patience is a key ingredient when making homemade wine, a hobby that can take months to reach the payoff: a sip of your own creation. Because the process differs according to the type of grape you use and your tastes, it isn’t possible to pinpoint a single recipe or formula that will work every ...