Kit Winemaking – Winemaker's Academy

3 x 3 in 3 Kit Wine Making by William Forsch

admin — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 23:55:48 +0000

Winemaker’s Academy is built on members helping each other make a better bottle of wine. One of our members provided a very helpful presentation for the beginning kit wine maker. As the title states you only need a 3′ x 3′ space and 3 hours of time to start your wine making experience. Bill has …

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Choosing a Wine Kit – Part 2

admin — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 00:14:39 +0000

Winexpert kits from smallest to largest. Each kit makes 6 gal. of wine In part one of this article (Choosing a Wine Kit – Part 1 Overview) we discussed the characteristics that differentiate one size/price range of kit from another. In part two we are going to look at how each of the product …

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Choosing a Wine Kit – Part 1 Overview

admin — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 16:59:45 +0000

Selecting a wine kit can be a little daunting especially if it’s you’re first one. A lot of factors come into play including the type of wine, cost, kit complexity, processing time, minimum aging time and feedback from other kit winemakers. In this two-part series I’ll try to demystify the process. In this first article …

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How to Back Sweeten a Wine Kit

admin — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 17:54:34 +0000

So you’ve made a wine kit and it turned out all right but maybe it needs a bit more sugar to suit your palate. Recently Sam wrote in with this exact dilemma. He had made a wine kit per the instructions and everything turned out as it should have but the wine just wasn’t sweet …

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The Great Riesling Yeast Experiment (Part II)

admin — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:06:06 +0000

The saga continues with the racking of my experimental Riesling fermented with two different yeast strains. Read this if you missed part one. Up to this point the two batches of Riesling have been fermenting separately. One in a primary fermentation bucket and the other in a six gallon carboy. Little could be observed of the …

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The Great Riesling Yeast Experiment (Part I)

admin — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:35:16 +0000

Yeast can have a profound affect on the final flavor and aroma profiles of a wine or so we’re told. But how much of a difference is there really from one yeast to another? To answer this question I set up the Great Riesling Yeast Experiment. In this experiment I set out to ferment one Riesling kit …

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What to Do if Something Goes Wrong

admin — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:21:36 +0000

One day your wine is happily fermenting along, you’re ready to rack, and while you’ve got the airlock off you notice something is up with your wine. Maybe it’s an off flavor or aroma. Maybe you notice the airlock wasn’t seated properly. These things happen all the time. Knowing what to do, however, can prevent you from making bigger …

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Advanced Wine Making Techniques

admin — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:43:21 +0000

Complexity in wine separates the great wine from the rest. Creating a complex wine, however, requires the use of advanced wine making techniques. Here are three techniques you can start applying to your own wine making to take it to the next level. It doesn’t matter if you’re making wine from a kit, frozen must, …

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How Much Does it Cost to Make Wine from a Kit?

admin — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:10:41 +0000

Wine kits are by far the least expensive way to get into wine making. It requires the least amount of equipment and makes the smallest amount of wine. Let’s take a look at what determines the cost to make wine for the first time. The Equipment I Purchased To get started I picked up the Vintner’s …

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First Impressions of My Shiraz and the Mistakes I Made

admin — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:24:41 +0000

You’re really supposed to wait six months after bottling a red wine before you taste it…but I couldn’t resist! When I bottled my Shiraz I wound up with 29 full bottles and about a half bottle left over. Needless to say I couldn’t store the half bottle for any length of time without oxidizing it. So, the only thing …

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