Winemaking 2016 Red   


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Paul and I made wine!
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Red Star Pasteur Red Dry Yeast
From: www.swgrapeandgrain.com
Price: $1.49
Added: 2016-08-31 by another contributor
They were very helpful answering questions and getting back to me! In store visit and purchase

Secondary fermentation with airlock
Added: 2016-08-18 by another contributor
Specific gravity reached 1.03. We strained the juice into the other bucket and fastened clean loud and airlock with purified water. Now we wait three weeks to check again. Desired S.G. is 1.000

Testing the sugar level
Added: 2016-08-17 by another contributor
Before secondary fermentation, the hydrometer needs to read 1.03.

Your First Wine from Fresh Grapes
From: winemakermag.com
Added: 2016-08-16 by another contributor
I had a book, but it's always nice to have other sources for comparison.

Primary fermentation
Added: 2016-08-13 by another contributor
S.G.=1.093 without sugar. Acidity reading 3.6. 7" of must and juice. We had 13lb of destemmed and 2lb of frozen then strictly juiced grapes. Yeast added 12 hrs later. One crushed Camden tablet. And a handful of water soaked oak chips. We probably added the chips in the wrong step, but too late now! Daily stirring and S.G. check until 1.03

Crushing the grapes
Added: 2016-08-13 by another contributor
No stomping this time! We borrowed this juicer from Zdenka. We added the pulp back into the strained juice.

Weighing and destemming
Added: 2016-08-13 by another contributor
Red grapes ferment with the skins but the stems will make it bitter. These were a bit difficult and took hours to strip off! 14+ without stems.

Picking the grapes
Added: 2016-08-13 by another contributor
Over the course of a week we picked over 15 lb of our red grapes. We brought the first batch to church to share with our Church community.