Home Wine Making

Home wine making is probably one of the oldest hobbies in existence. The hobby of home wine making from kits has developed from using blended grape juices, from a variety of different sources, into a highly sophisticated hobby using top quality kits of single variety grapes with no added glucose or sugar. You will no doubt notice that, unlike most other kits which by law have to say 'Merlot Type' or purposefully misspell, for example, as Murlot, Grande Maison Single Variety Grape kits are actually called by their grape name as this is exactly what the kit contains. Although the quality has improved immensely over the years it is now even easier to make.
 

Equipment required

25 litre Pail and Lid

Syphon Tubing

Sterilsing Tablets or Powder

Airlock and Bung

Hydrometer

Grande Maison Single Variety Wine Kit

Directions

  1. Thoroughly clean all equipment using a proprietary brand sterilising agent.
  2. Empty the contents of the bag into a plastic pail with 2 litres of pre-boiled water.
  3. Make up the balance to 22 litres with cold water and stir until the grape juice is dissolved.
  4. Add the sachet of brewing yeast with other sachets (as directed in the instructions) and stir. Snap on the lid and ensure that the airlock is fitted and primed with water.
  5. Within days fermentation will be complete and the wine will be ready to be transferred to bottles or the supplied bag in box.
  6. Add the finings sachets as directed in the instructions and wait for the wine to clear which should take between 3-7 days.
  7. When the wine is clear syphon 4.5 litres into the supplied bag and the balance into wine bottles and cork.
  8. At this stage the wine is ready to drink but like a most things in life anything worth having is worth waiting for and the wine will benefit from being allowed to stand for a while.