If you are a wine lover, then here is an interesting recipe for you.
With this super easy recipe, you can make your own wine at home and enjoy its signature flavours and pleasant aroma.
Winemaking is usually considered a tedious task to do, but with the right ingredients and method, you can easily create it at home.
Make sure you take all the below-given precautions and follow the steps carefully to fuse the right flavours in the wine.
We have made wine with grape juice here, however, you can also use apple or cranberry juice for the same.
Do try this fruit wine recipe and let us know how it turned out to be.
Fruit wine recipe
Ingredients required- 2 litres of grape juice, 2 cups of sugar, 1 tsp dry yeast, 1 cinnamon stick, 2 cloves, 2 green cardamom and 1 tsp whole wheat grains (optional).
Method-
- Take a large glass canister and pour grape juice into it.
- Make sure you take a large container and the juice should only fill 3/4th of it. There should be enough space left for fermentation.
- Add sugar and mix it using a wooden spatula. Never use a metal spoon for mixing.
- Add the dry yeast and mix it properly.
- Now add cinnamon stick, cloves and cardamom. This adds a nice spice aroma and flavour to the wine. If you don’t like the spice flavours, you can skip adding them.
- Lastly, add whole wheat grains and give a nice mix.
- Now close the jar by keeping a kitchen cloth on its mouth and then closing it. This is done to ensure that the jar is not airtight. If you store the wine in an airtight jar, it might break during fermentation. You can even use a container with a cork.
- You can even place a kitchen cloth on the mouth of the glass container and tie a string around it to secure it in place.
Fermentation
- For the fermentation, keep the canister in a cool and dark place for at least 11 days. You can also cover it with a cloth.
- Make sure you open the container every day and stir it a bit with a wooden spoon at the same time, every day. If you don’t mix it, the wine might turn sour.
- Now on the 12th day, strain the wine into wine bottles and close them with lids or cork.
- Your homemade fruit wine is now ready.
- You will get a cloudy wine after 12 days, which will not only taste good but also smell aromatic.
- You can store the wine bottles for more days if you want clearer wine. With time, the texture of the wine will become clearer.
Tips
- Make sure you always use a wooden spoon while mixing the wine. Using a metal spoon might react with the yeast present in the wine.
- Always use a glass container for fermenting the wine. Containers of any other substance won’t work that well.
- Before proceeding with the method, make sure all your containers and other equipment are sterilized. You can buy a wine bottle sanitizer from the bottle or just clean them properly with a mild dish cleaner before usage.
- If you want a mild wine, then you can skip adding whole wheat grains. These grains are only added to make the wine stronger.
