Jan 5, 2017 · Wait for at least 2 months or more and the wine can then be racked off the sediment. You can wait for the strawberry wine to completely clear before racking to a new vessel. After this either let it age further for a few months or bottle it. If you wish to back-sweeten the wine stabilise and follow this advice here.

Nov 13, 2016 · Once fermentation is finished rack the wine to a clean sanitised demijohn to clear. Leave the pear wine for 2 months to clear, rack again if necessary, check the racking and clearing guide for further information on this subject. Once cleared syphon into clean sanitised bottles and cork. This pear wine is best aged in bottles for a few months.

Nov 17, 2017 · Sweet or Sour Cherry Wine This is my personal preference I have most often used sour cherries for this recipe but if you use sweet cherries you will, of course, end up with a slightly sweeter wine. It is also worth trying a mix of both sweet and sour cherries so you can balance the sweetness yourself, you may have to experiment a little to get ...

Jan 2, 2021 · Lalvin 71B will enhance aromatic qualities of fruit and floral wine and is ideal for making white or semi-sweet blush wines that have residual sugar content. Alcohol tolerance: up to 14% ABV; Temperature range: 15°C to 30°C; Lalvin D47: D47 is a wine yeast isolated from the Cote Du Rhone region. This particular strain prefers slightly cooler ...

Jan 19, 2017 · The Blueberry Wine Recipe Ingredients – Makes 4.5 litres / 1 gallon around 12% ABV. 1.4kg Blueberries fresh or frozen (clean and prepared) 1kg Sugar 4.2 litres Water 2 tsp Mixed Acid 1/8 tsp Tannin 1 tsp Yeast Nutrient 1/2 tsp Pectic Enzyme 1 Campden Tablet 1 sachet Wine Yeast (My recommendations – Vintners Reserve R56 / Lalvin 71B / Lalvin ...

Jan 8, 2017 · Back sweetening ranges from turning a really dry wine into a semi-dry wine that isn’t necessarily sweet, but suits your taste better. Or you can go all the way to creating a dessert wine that tastes sweet as dessert wines are intended to. It is most often the case with fruit wines that rely on sugar as the primary fermentable. Plain sugar is ...

Aug 24, 2017 · 6. Stir the wine daily for the first week of fermentation, after 2 weeks lift out the straining bag and allow the wine to drain from the berries. Avoid squeezing the bag. 7. Leave the wine to settle for a day and then syphon the wine into a demijohn. You may check the gravity now if you have a hydrometer.

Feb 26, 2019 · Allow the peach wine 2 – 3 days to settle. The majority of fermentation will have died down and now is the time to transfer the wine to a demijohn. Syphon the wine to a demijohn and secure with a bung and airlock. Allow the wine to condition and mature in the demijohn for at least 3 months, but preferably, for longer, 5-6 months would be ...

Jun 21, 2018 · 10. Bulk age the wine for a minimum of 4 – 6 months in the demijohn. Keep the blackberry wine in a cool dark place to age. 11. After bulk ageing rack the wine to bottles, if you wish to back sweeten wine now is the time to do so using this guide. Now is also time to adjust the acidity should you wish, mix the acid blend with a small amount of ...

May 23, 2017 · Plum wine is one of my favourites. Plums come in many different forms, sharp, sweet, yellow, red or purple. You have plums suited for cooking whilst others are best eaten straight from the tree. The great thing about them though is if you have a tree nearby you can usually get quite an impressive glut […]