Looks like a big pear harvest coming up...how do you make pear wine?

[kirknotes]

I have a tree with about 100 pears that will be ripe shortly....do I ferment them with the skins on and the seeds in or just ferment the juice after pressing them or what would you do?

 

[Arne]

I have a tree with about 100 pears that will be ripe shortly....do I ferment them with the skins on and the seeds in or just ferment the juice after pressing them or what would you do?

Let them get good and ripe. Press the juice out like you do with apples. Just use the juice. Makes a great wine. Arne.

 

[kirknotes]

I saw a small press at my local wine supply store...I might get one.

 

[Jal5]

Haven’t made it in many years but it turned out great.

 

[kirknotes]

sounds like the process would be:
remove stems and seeds
crush the buggers and drain off the juices
bag the skins and lees to allow them to ferment in the bags in the juices.
put in pectin and put in a yeast ....not sure how much pectin or what type of yeast...any ideas?
take SG readings before during and after....

what am I missing?

 

[Norton]

I had access to pears for about four years. The best batch I made was following the Jack Keller recipe. Interestingly, it involved adding water to the juice. Normallyin winemaking that is a detriment, but I found it was a positive when it came to pear wine

 

[kirknotes]

I had access to pears for about four years. The best batch I made was following the Jack Keller recipe. Interestingly, it involved adding water to the juice. Normallyin winemaking that is a detriment, but I found it was a positive when it came to pear wine

great - where do i find the recipe?

 

[Norton]

Jack Keller winemaking.net. A lot of winemaking info there.