September 30, 2010

How to Make Homemade Wine

My parents have been making their own wine for many years now. This past Sunday, Troy and I helped them bottle some of their wine.  They mostly make it from homegrown fruits such as apples, pears, strawberries, etc.  They have also used mixes and juices such as Welch's grape juice.  My parent's wine is quite dry but very tasty. 

Here are some photos of the process:
The cleaned bottles

Mom cleaning the bottles

The wine...we only bottled one or two of these



 Troy filling the bottles

Dad corking the bottles...you have to be careful because if you do it wrong, you can shatter the bottle (which has happened before)

It was a quick process because we had so many people working.  And we even got some bottles to take home for ourselves!

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  1. UnknownSeptember 30, 2010 at 9:12 PM

    new follower from friday hopping
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    My hubby made some wine a few years ago and I don't want to know the % it was very high. It was yummy though. We'd love to make our own like that, one day.

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  2. Rheanna BristolOctober 1, 2010 at 1:27 AM

    Thanks for linking up with the Just One Change. Join us next Tuesday for another edition!
    What a great blog too! This is awesome!

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  3. AngelaOctober 2, 2010 at 12:13 PM

    I have done both actually...it was fun..and nice to have a large supply in the house,lol.

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