Wine Art in France

Wine is considered to be the most sophisticated of all drinks. Just like champagne, it is the drink of leisure and celebration. For all its glory, wine is very simple to make and you can prepare your own like many other people. In fact, the practice of making your own wine is nothing new but it has really caught on in the recent times. There are a number of wine patrons who make wine in basement just as a hobby or something to experiment with. Anyone who wants to make wine can either buy a kit or do everything with his own hands. The prerequisites are some bottles, a place which is dark and where wine can be stored and of course a recipe.

It is highly recommended that you gather all the ingredients right at the time you start. For the beginners, it is better to start with a simple recipe. The ingredients should be common and the process must not be too complicated.

Consider the case of Apple wine. The basic raw material you will need includes apple juice (five gallons), sugar (five lbs.), acid blend (two and a-half tablespoons), yeast nutrient (two tablespoons), campden tablets (one bottle), yeast (one package), pectic enzyme (half teaspoon) and wine tannin (one teaspoon). Make sure that all the ingredients are kept together but are also properly labeled. It will be better if you can measure and store the required quantities separately for use.

Primarily, the process requires you to mix all the ingredients except yeast. Dilute the five gallons of apple juice with five gallons of water. Now, pick up five campden tablets and crush them to very fine powder. Put the powder of these tablets in the diluted apple juice. After this, the time for patience starts. Now put this entire mixture in a fermenting container cover it with thin cloth and wait for around 24 hours.

After the 24 hours have passed, you should take off the cloth and pour in the material from the yeast package. While pouring the material, spread it well and ensure that it does not get collected in a lump in the middle. Any lump in the mixture might lead to useless waste. This is followed by another waiting period. This time you will have to wait for a week or so. After the week has passed, you should transfer everything to a new container. Make sure that all the sediments are left behind. Fill the container with half quantity of water and airlock it. Leave it for another week. After a week, transfer the wine to a new container, add five more crushed tablets of campden and your wine is ready to be bottled.