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For the Beginning Winemaker

Everything that you will need to begin making wine at home is available at Fulkerson Winery. This includes the know-how to start for the first time.

Home winemaking lessons are available on location at Fulkerson Winery on Saturdays at 2pm.

Everything you need to get started!

 

 Supplies Needed

2, Five Gallon Glass Carboys

 Optional Supplies

25 Bottles (Optional at First)

 1, One Gallon Glass Container  25 Corks (Optional at First)
 2, Fermentation Locks (Airlocks)  Labels (Optional)
 1, No. 6 1/2 Bored Rubber Stopper  Capsules (Optional)
 1, No. 6 Bored Rubber Stopper  1, Hydrometer (Optional)
 1, 2oz Potassium Meta-Bisulfate  1, Test Jar (Optional)
 1, 5g. Packet of Yeast  1, Bottle Corker (Optional)
 Siphon Kit for Racking  
   

You may need Calcium Bicarbonate to bring acid content down, and corn or granular sugar to bring sweetness up in the juice.

Winemaking kits available for purchace: $86.95. 
 
 
Procedure for Making Wine: 
1. Sterilize all equipment using 2 tsp. Meta Bisulfite per gallon of water. Rinse Twice.

2. Bring juice up temperature. (Reds: 70-80 degrees F, Whites: 60-80 degrees F).

3. Fill carboy 3/4 full - Put rest in gallon container.

4. Adjust sugar and acids.

5. Prepare yeast by following instructions on packet. Add to carboy (save some for gallon jug).

6. Fill fermentation lock (airlock) 1/2 full with water, insert into No. 6 1/2 bored rubber stopper and place in carboy. (same with glass carboy with No. 6 bored stopper)

7. Ferment 1-2 weeks, for red juice "on the skins", for whites, up to 4 weeks "off the skins". (The airlock will bubble-bubble-bubble).

8. When a clear line of sediment forms and the airlock has slowed bubbling, almost to a stop, it is time to "Rack" your wine to leave the sediment behind.

9. Top off the carboy with wine from the gallon container.

10. Add 1.4 tsp. Meta-Bisulfate

11. Place airlock back on carboy. (Fill as needed)

12. Age wine until a clear line of sediment forms at bottom of carboy (1-2 months).

13. It is time to "Rack" your wine again and add 1/4 tsp. Meta-Bisulfate.

14. Cold Stabilize by cooling your wine to 25-30 degrees F for 2 weeks or more (You will see tartrate crystals form and sink to bottom of carboy)

15. "Rack" your wine leaving behind the tartrate crystals, Add Sorbate first if you intend to sweeten your wine.

16. Bottle
 

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