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I was at the store earlier this week and noticed fresh cranberries so I picked up enough to experiment with a gallon or so of cranberry wine. I used the following recipe: 3 pounds cranberries (4 12 oz packages) 4 pounds of sugar 1 pound golden raisins 3 3/4 quarts water 1/4 teaspoon tanin 1/2...

I got a kit a couple weeks back and after looking through a couple of the posts here concerning that particular style of kit I started on it. I had read in one post that the alcohol content on these kits is in the 9-10 range and I was looking to boost it a tad. In the same post, someone had...

I just recently bottled my first batch of wine, made with mangos. After some learning experiences, I had about a half gallon of wine left over. I used the smaller 375 ml bottles to spread it out to as many bottles as I could (only 4). After bottling, I had a little bit left in my half gallon...

The book that got me started with trying my hand at wine making mentioned something about making wine using just sugar, water and yeast. I figure this would be a little bland and was wondering if I tried something like this if I would need to add tannin or acid blend or any of the other...

I have just started making fruit wines. So far I really enjoy it and I haven't even had a chance to share what I've done! I was wondering if any of the nutritional value of the fruit leaches into the final product and if so, how much of it? Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to replace one of...