Wine Making for Absolute Beginners Part 1

First steps in hobby wine making process. A small batch of Shiraz from 180 four year old vines in a dry climate at Gingin in Western Australia. The equipment was obtained from Malthouse in Welshpool (the crusher) and Bunnings (some 25L plastic bottles). Firstly we pick grapes and drive them to the garage. Then crushing the grapes twice and after that, removing the stems and sticks by hand. Finally we have the mix. The next step is to obliterate the natural yeast for 12-24 hours then add pectinase for 12-24 hours to help break down the grapes. Then the yeast is added and the brews are stired three times daily to let the pink froth of the fermentation come out. After about 5 days at 25degress C, the sugar content has dropped from 13% to 5%. Then the wine is decanted and the solids are pressed to remove extra wine. The pure wine is then sealed from the air and allowed to do anaerobic fermentation for a few weeks. During this stage the rest of the sugar should convert to alcohol. I'll update this next week if it all goes OK.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Wine making
• shiraz
• picking grapes
• crushing grapes
• removing stems
• Australia
• Gingin
• Perth

[bkpickell]

Mistake number 1. time lapse photography. Mistake number 2. You said for absolute beginners. Absolute beginners do not own wine rollers. Mistake number 3. Your steps you had on there were extremely small and were not on the screen long enough. And people like commentary, we don't want to read while we are watching a video.

[lockhart1976]

This video is #$%^ing stupid

[chipmunk123154]

dint help me at all...pissed me off...but good for the family

[animesicful]

that was........ stupid, in several different ways. like the benny hill song though.