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How to Make Wine out of Grape Juice
Store-bought grape juice provides the base for an easy, inexpensive wine to make at home. This grape juice wine is a great way for novice wine makers to get started. This wine requires a few wine making specific dry ingredients but no special equipment. It tastes great and is ready to drink in just a few weeks.
Things You'll Need
- Frozen grape concentrate
- Granulated sugar
- Acid blend
- Yeast nutrient
- Pectic enzyme
- Water
- Wine yeast
- Campden tablets
- Cloth napkin
- Rubber band
- 1 gallon or larger container with a wide mouth
- 1 gallon or larger airtight container
- Funnel
- Slotted spoon
- Airtight wine bottles
Instructions
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Sterilize all of your equipment.
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Boil the water and dissolve all the sugar in it. Remove the sugar water from the heat and add the frozen grape juice concentrate.
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Add additional water, campden and the remaining ingredients (except for the yeast) to the grape juice mixture.
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Cover the opening of the container with a napkin. Fasten it with a rubber band and set it aside for 24 hours.
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Activate the wine yeast according to the instructions on the yeast packet.
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Add the activated wine yeast to the grape juice mixture and recover the container with the napkin.
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Ferment the grape juice mixture for five days. Stir once or twice per day. Remove the solids from the top of the grape juice wine mixture with a slotted spoon and add additional campden.
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Pour the grape juice wine into an airtight container using a funnel. The container can be capped off with a screw cap. It does not have to be corked. Wait 30 days as the grape juice wine undergoes additional fermentation.
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Stabilize the grape juice wine by adding campden. Sweeten the grape juice wine to taste.
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Rack your now ready to drink grape juice wine in airtight bottles.
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