The wine making process is one which is quite complex but which can be understood rather easily, if you are willing. There are five basic steps that are involved in the wine making process, which are: harvesting, crushing and pressing, fermentation, clarification, and aging and bottling.
The Process
Harvesting or picking is always the first step [...]

There are a few different pieces of equipment that you are going to need if you want to get started in wine making, and one of the most important things of all is a gravity filter for wine making. The gravity filter for wine making is used to filter out the sediment that develops on [...]

Many people enjoy the taste and sensation from drinking an alcoholic beverage and with simplified processes and specialized kits, beer and wine making is becoming more popular. Most home brewers cite the opportunity for experimentation to develop new and different flavors as opposed to saving money on their beverages. In some families, it has become [...]

While making your own alcoholic beverage from juices may not be considered rocket science, there is more to wine making than squeezing grapes and bottling the juice until it turns into alcohol. Many grapes have different acid content and the amount of acid in the squeezing will determine how sugar will need to be added [...]

The wine making bottles you use are as much of a statement about you and your wine making, as they are ways for you to store your wine.  There is a huge industry created around selling wine making bottles to either home wine makers or commercial wineries and the variety of bottles offered is pretty [...]

Grape wine is the most standard type but it is not the most popular among wine drinkers.  Berries like blackberries and blueberries make wine that is more preferred among many wine drinkers. But if you ask the average person what wine is made from they are going to probably tell you grapes.  There are a [...]

Making wine without sugar is like making Kool-Aid without sugar.  You’ll get a fruit tasting drink but it will taste like flavored water without any kick at all.  That is not to say that making wine without sugar is like making Kool-Aid at all, but both drinks need sugar for taste but also for very [...]

Some wines are easy to make at home, like watermelon wine, strawberry wine, and blueberry wine.  However, ease is not the case when one is making port wine.  Port wine is one of the more difficult wines to make—above all, it takes a lot of patience to see the process through to the end.  However, [...]

Peach has a great significance in different cultures. It can be of different colors such as red, yellow, pink, white or a blend of these colors. The tradition of making peach wine is popular in many countries. The Bellini is an Italian sparkling peach wine, which was believed to originate during 1930s at Harry’s Bar [...]

There is nothing more delicious than a classic glass of grape wine.  Because grape is the standard fruit that wine is made from, there are many different varieties—and all of them are absolutely delicious.  That said, the versatility of grape wine also means that there are many recipes available for making homemade grape wine.  Impress [...]