My first attempt at making white and red wine

Having done many beer kits I decided to attempt making wine. I have done 1 wine kit before and it was OK. i would describe it as wedding wine (you would drink it if it was on the table but you wouldn't buy it.)

with that I mind I did some research and found it was really easy to do if from store bought juice. below are my instruction, ingredients and so on.  ill post an update as a go

Wine brew started on 14/01/2016

White and red done at the same time.

Ingredients for both

2 ltr Lidl red grape juice

1 lts Waitrose white grape juice

1. 5 Lidl ltr apple juice

2 lts Welch’s white grape, Pear and apple juice

700 grams granulated sugar

650 grams granulated sugar

1 pint strong black tea (4bag brew)

1 lemon

1.5 limes

Wilco express wine yeast compound

Yeast nutrients

(I used bottled water to top up)

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Kit required

4 demijohns (5 ltr water bottles will do)

Funnels

Steriliser

Air locks and bungs in 2 lids

Empty wine bottles & corks

Syphon

Plastic tub

Wine heater

Hydrometer

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Brew the tea and stir occasionally once water has cooled pour into 2 250ml containers

Squeeze the juice out of the lemon and limes and divide in to 2

Measure our both sugars

Clean and sterilise 2 demijohns Funnels and Air locks

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White

 

  

• Pour 2 lts Welch’s white grape, Pear and apple juice and 1 lts Waitrose white grape juice into 1 demijohn and lid (non airlock)
• Shake vigorously for at least 2 minutes
• Change lid for an air lock lid
• Leave to settle in tub of warm water (sink)  for around an hour (you will need to top up the water to warm the mixture)
• Add 250ml tea, 1 of the lemon and lime juice mixes and 650 grams granulated sugar
• Lid demijohn (non airlock)
• Shake to combine
• Leave to settle in tub of warm water (sink)  for around an 15 minutes (you will need to top up the water to warm the mixture)
• Top up demijohn with bottled water
• Once settled take reading with hydrometer
• Place plastic tub where fermentation will take place
• Put demijohn in plastic tub
• Fill plastic tub 3/4 with warm water
• Put wine heater in the water
• Leave for around 1/2 hour for temperature to settle down
• Add 1 rounded teaspoon of Wilco express wine yeast compound
• Lid demijohn with airlock lid
• Add nutrients 5-7days later

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Red

  

  

  

• Pour 2 ltr Lidl red grape juice and 1. 5  Lidl ltr apple juice  into 1 demijohn and lid (non airlock)
• Shake vigorously for at least 2 minutes
• Change lid for an air lock lid
• Leave to settle in tub of warm water (sink)  for around an hour (you will need to top up the water to warm the mixture)
• Add 250ml tea, 1 of the lemon and lime juice mixes and 700 grams granulated sugar
• Lid demijohn (non airlock)
• Shake to combine
• Leave to settle in tub of warm water (sink)  for around an 15 minutes (you will need to top up the water to warm the mixture)
• Top up demijohn with bottled water
• Once settled take reading with hydrometer
• Place plastic tub where fermentation will take place
• Put demijohn in plastic tub
• Fill plastic tub 3/4 with warm water
• Put wine heater in the water
• Leave for around 1/2 hour for temperature to settle down
• Add 1 rounded teaspoon of Wilco express yeast compound
• Lid demijohn with airlock lid

Add nutrients 5-7days later

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Gravity reading taken

Reading taken on 14/01/2016 Gravity reading for white 1.070 Gravity reading for red 1.090

Reading taken on 26/01/2016 Gravity reading for white 0.984 Gravity reading for red 0.990
Bottled 22/03/2016