Making Red Wine with the new kit
August 21, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
As detailed in a previosu post I have now got two wine making kits on the go - with the Original White Wine, we have chosen to call Grogan, and now another with a Red Wine, we have chosen to call Crickadilla!
In reality, the white wine is a Chardonnay, and the red is a Cabernet Sauvignon, but by giving them both unique names, we add to the personalisation!!
So this particular diary is all about my production of red wine - its probably important to note at this stage, that the first batch i’m producing came with the kit, and to be honest, I don’t have massive hopes for it.
For a start, its production time is a mere seven days - as opposed to the minimum of 1 month for the white wine. But, as it came with the kit, I may as well make and chart its quality, if only as a benchmark for future wines.
The production of this particular home made wine is striaght forward - clean and sterilise all equipment - done!
Add 900g of sugar to 1 litre of boiling water and stir vigorously until the sugar has evaporated - done!
Add the Red grape concentrate! and stir! - done!
Top up the water to 5 litres - done!
Add yeast and oak chips - done!
Stir vigorously again! - done!
Leave the lid on loosely! - done!
And thats stage one!!!
I guess this diary will be updated frequently over the next seven days as its production schedule is a lot tighter!!
So check back regularly!
