How to make home made wine  

There is so much to learn with regard to how to make home made wine it would be difficult to cover everything on this page. However one of the most important stages is stabilizing the wine many people when they are starting out often get this wrong and wonder why the bottles explode.

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What do you mean by stabilizing? 

Stabilizing the wine comes in the later stages when the primary and secondary stages are complete. You’re looking at your wine and it is starting to clear great now we can start bottling right? Absolutely no don’t even think about unless you want to create an explosion. 

When a wine is fermenting its still alive and there is a microbiological process still happening however this is not visual but don’t let this fool you the wine is still fermenting. 

If you were to bottle the wine at this point the carbon dioxide can cause an explosion and your wine could end up on the ceiling. By stabilizing the wine we can avoid this common mistake. 

So I can avoid this happening? 

When we talk about stabilizing the wine it just means we have to stop the wine from fermenting. Potassium Sorbate is one of the most commonly used for this process. However Potassium Sorbate will not kill the yeast but it will stop it producing over a period of time. The usual period is around 3 days. It is important to get the dose right use a half of teaspoonful per gallon. 

Potassium Sorbate is very available in any good wine store but read the instructions carefully before use. 

The final stage is to bottle the wine this is where the fun starts. If money is short then you can get bottles from almost anywhere. Most people today rather than recycle them are pleased to give them away. However there is still a lot of work to be done. Cleaning and sterilizing is essential don’t be in a rush to get the wine into bottles or you could end destroying all the hard work you have put in so far. You are going to need corks don’t make the mistake of using used corks. It is possible to do this however if you are considering this well sterilize and clean them thoroughly. 

When you are in the learning stages of how to make home made wine every step of the way is important. Remember cleanliness is a key factor. 

These are just a few tips to how to get started with your wine making in order to become successful practice makes perfect and the learning experience is ongoing and you will have lots of fun. 

Steven Jones has 25 years experience in growing grape vines and making wine. To  learn more secrets? click here