Wine making at home is growing in popularity all around the world and there are a few reasons for this. One of the biggest is the cost to transport wine is going up along with the cost of gas, which raises the cost of wine at the grocery store and wine shops. Lots of people like having a glass of wine after work or with their dinner or just enjoy a glass or two a day just because. But with the price of wine going up many people are looking for new ways to have their wine without the high cost and making their own seems to be that way.
Lately there have been a whole slew of guides cropping up designed to help the beginning home wine maker get started. The truth is, you can actually make high quality, award winning wine at home, in a 5 gallon food bucket. All you really need is the know how and the ambition to do it.
You'll need some materials and you have to do some preparation. You have to have a hydrometer, a 5-gallon bucket and an airtight secondary fermentation vessel know in the industry as a "carbouy". You will also need some inexpensive airlocks and plastic tubing to round out the equipment.
There are also the chemicals you'll need. Yeast, which is not really a chemical but a dormant microbe, citric acid, potassium sorbate, metabisulfate, campden tablets, pectin enzyme and a few others.
The big secret to wine making at home is, get the good stuff right off the bat.
Did you know that there are vineyards that will sell you small quantities of grapes or even crushed grapes and juices, fresh from their vineyard? That's right. They are hard to find, but they do exist. There is at least one wine making guide that lists these sources.
Beside the money you save by making your own wine (you can make wine for about 25 cents a bottle), there is also the joy of making a beverage with your own hands that you can drink. If you make a really good batch, just imagine the praise you'll get from your friends and family.
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