Wine production

You want to make wine at home, but you don’t know how? Our winemaking calculator will help you to prepare a recipe for wine. Enter the fruit you want to use, the number of litres of wine you want to make and the percent of alcohol you want your wine to contain. The calculator will generate the recip...

Wild rose and apple trees are in the same plant family, which is probably why wine made from wild rose fruit and that made from apples have a similar taste, only the former is gentler. The principle of fruit selection for the wine is also similar – only very ripe fruit (dark orange and light red in ...

Potassium pyrosulphite Adding the substance to must (before adding yeast) or to young wine prevents growth of wild yeast, bacteria and mould. After pouring an appropriate amount of crystalline powder (according to the package instruction), sulphur dioxide is formed, which will kill microorganisms. ...

Ladies and Gentlemen, Winemaking is becoming one of the most popular hobbies around the world. Creating one’s own alcohol compositions is in vogue again. Wines – strong, weak, sweet, dry – and extracts, you can make all of this at home – in your kitchen or cellar. However, you have to have some kn...

Some people (mainly those living in southern countries) in fact do not add yeast to make wine, because they use special varieties of grapes. There is natural yeast on the skin of such grapes, which is able to effect the fermentation process. However, in Europe it is mostly necessary to add wine-maki...

Problems with stopped fermentation. Causes and solutions: A wrong manner of adding yeast – yeast has to be multiplied before being added to the mixture; adding yeast directly to the mixture is a very common mistake. You can see here how to multiply yeast. For dry (powdered) yeast, it is a common mis...

Precise determination of sugar and alcohol content has a direct impact on the later taste, and above all on the strength of alcohol. Many people ask the question whether more attention should be devoted to the selection of a hydrometer or refractometer. We will try to answer key questions....

For a long time, the natural cork was considered the best closure of a wine bottle. Recently, it's starting to change. Properly close has a huge impact on wine aroma and its taste. Get knowledge about various types of corks....

Many winemakers have a huge problem with fermentation. When everything seems to go their way, it suddenly turns out that all effort has gone to waste. Learn about effective ways to restart fermentation and enjoy the moment spent with a glass of delicious wine....

Traditionalists not understand, how some people may pour the noble drink into a plastic container. Many home wine producers are more pragmatic over choosing equipment. A glass balloon or a plastic fermenter? The dispute among winemakers is still strong....

Winemaking is not a simple work. It requires taking many decisions, and each of them can determine the final quality of the wine. The importance of adding yeast is a frequently raised issue. Some say that you can do without it. Are they right?...

Do you make wine at home, but the drink is still cloudy? The clarification of wine does not have to be difficult. We reveal the secrets of filtering wine in a homemade way. Where do you make mistakes and how to avoid them? Check how to clarify wine like a specialist from the best vineyard....

As Ovid said: “The table and wine strengthen the playful mood.”. The famous ancient poet was aware that drinking gives a great opportunity to relax and feel more comfortable. If you want to have inside a piece of greek soul, try to make a sweet wine at home....

Have you ever thought about being a gentleman? You know all this noble, wise people, who speak a lot about their very important business with cigar in one hand and glass of whiskey in the other? Of course, it’s just unfair, stereotypical image. Gentleman doesn’t have to be the richest man in the nei...

It’s obvious that your own beer, wine or liqueur taste much more better than ordinary products from stores. First of all you can choose, which specific ingredient you want use, to obtain unique flavor. Of course homebrewing require a lot of time to get knowledge, but in the end - it’s worthy effort....

Drinking alcohol is quite similar to love. First sip is like kiss, very magical and uniqual experience. As long as relationship is growing, everything start to be more intimate. Whole long-build happiness can be destroy, when routine appear. You may be not expert or you can't recall most famous...

In late 1920 government of the United States banned alcohol for thirteen years. However, during prohibition people drunk much more, than ever before. Average American tope almost 2 liters of booze per week! How was possible? Wiseguys created a whole alternative process of making and supplying alcoho...

Nothing brightens up a rainy day like a Scotch tasting. Famous American writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature and for many an icon of masculinity, Ernest Heminghway said “Never delay kissing a pretty girl or opening a bottle of whiskey”. If beverage is very well, even the old man is capable t...

This particular type of alcohol is one of the oldest witnesses of civilization. Proof of our humanity. Rised from culture and belong to eternity. Like a loyal friend always steps next to us. In a good and bad moment. ‘All wines require company and reveal their true nature when drunk in a community’ ...