How to make wine

Summer is the season when grapes are on the market in large quantities. In addition to bringing people delicious enjoyment, various grapes also provide people with the opportunity to make wine. This alcoholic beverage is quite popular in modern life because of its low alcohol content and strong sweet aroma, which most people can accept. The method of making wine is also relatively simple. Let’s take a look at how to make wine.

1. The first thing to do is to choose grapes. You must buy naturally ripened grapes in the summer when grapes are on the market in large quantities. Do not buy grapes grown in greenhouses out of season. Buy ripe purple grapes, and use scissors to cut the grapes one by one close to the stem. You can leave a little bit of the stem to avoid damaging the skin. Do not pull the grapes with your hands, as this may damage the skin. Then rinse with clean water.

2. Soak the picked grapes in light salt water for about ten minutes, and stir them clockwise in the water a few times with your hands.

3. After washing, place it on a clean towel to dry. It is best to use an absorbent towel so that the raisins can dry faster.

4. During the drying process, be careful to turn the grapes over gently a few times. Otherwise, if there is too much water, the surface where the grapes and the towel are in contact will be very wet. If there is moisture, it will affect the success rate of wine making.

5. Pour the grapes into a bowl and add sugar in a ratio of 6:1. Crush them one by one with your hands, leaving all the grape skins, grape seeds and pulp in the bowl.

6. Crush them one by one with your hands, leaving all the grape skins, grape seeds and pulp in the bowl.

7. The bottom of the homemade funnel was too small. Even though I squeezed it hard, the grapes still couldn’t go in!

8. Be careful not to fill it too full. Leave one-third of the space, because the grapes will expand during the fermentation process and produce a lot of gas. If it is filled too full, the wine will overflow.

9. In order to prevent outside air from entering, it is best to wrap the bottle cap tightly with a plastic bag.

10. After the wine is brewed, the grape seeds, grape skins, and fermented pulp must be filtered out. A colander is used to filter the residue; some people also use gauze to filter; anyway, you can make do with what you have at home and use anything that can be used to remove the residue, so just use the traditional method and make the best use of it, and just leave the wine. It should be noted that the tools used to filter the residue must be strictly disinfected to avoid bringing bacteria into the wine.