Making Homemade Wines; More Than It Appears

Although Making Homemade Wines is not difficult; it may appear to be simpler than it is.

Winemaking is an unforgiving pastime. Preparation, planning and attention to detail are the key to making an exceptional wine. Patients is crucial…you can’t rush the winemaking process.

One beginners’ mistake is to adjust the wine recipe. For best results, follow your wine recipe to the letter. After a successful batch or two you can adjust the wine recipe to taste.

Take your winemaking seriously and you won’t be disappointed. The art of making homemade wines is a fun, rewarding and fulfilling hobby.

What Color Wine Bottle Do I Use?

  Now that you are Making Homemade Wines you may ask yourself; What Color Wine Bottle Do I Use? Does color matter or make a difference? Here are some insights into the subject.

If properly stored it does not matter what color the wine bottle is. Wine should be stored in a cool dark environment. If how ever you display your homemade wines and expose the bottled wine to light; dark green is best.

Exposure to light accelerates the oxidation process in wine. To slow this process; keep all wine in the dark. So if you treat your wine right…color doesn’t matter.

From Wikipedia:

The traditional colours used for wine bottles are:

 

• Bordeaux: dark green for reds, light green for dry whites, clear for sweet whites.
• Burgundy and the Rhone: dark green.
• Mosel and Alsace: dark to medium green, although some producers have traditionally used amber.
• Rhine: amber, although some producers have traditionally used green.
• Champagne: Usually dark to medium green. Rosé champagnes are usually a colorless or green.

 

Clear bottles have recently become popular with white wine producers in many countries.
Most red wine worldwide is still bottled in green glass.

Reusing wine bottles when making homemade wines is a common economical practice. It is extremely important that the bottles be clean and sterile. A specially designed wine bottle brush will insure that each bottle is truly clean. A sterile wine bottle will help prevent your wine for spoiling so be sure to use a wine bottle brush.