| If you have grape plants at home in your | | | | from the grocery or supermarket. They usually |
| backyard garden or maybe you have a huge | | | | come in small packets with the instructions |
| vineyard, you probably want to learn how to | | | | written on the back. Read the instructions |
| make wine. Or maybe you do not have a | | | | carefully, or if you are familiar with how to use |
| vineyard or a garden but you still want to know | | | | yeast, you can just add a pinch or whatever is |
| the steps for easy wine making. If this is the | | | | appropriate for the amount of your juice. |
| case, you should read the following procedure on | | | | 6. You have another choice if you do not want to |
| how to make wine easily. | | | | use packaged yeast. You can use bread instead. |
| 1. Make sure that you have everything you need | | | | If you are wondering why bread, it is because |
| within easy reach. You will need containers, grape | | | | bread also has yeast in it. But you have to make |
| juice, napkins, string, plastic bags, and yeast. | | | | sure that you will use brown wheat or multigrain |
| 2. Clean the containers that you will use. Make | | | | bread. To get the yeast from the bread, soak |
| sure the size is appropriate for the amount of | | | | the bread into warm water. Squeeze the water |
| wine that you want to make. If you want to | | | | from the bread and this would give you your |
| make a lot of wine, maybe you can choose a | | | | yeast. |
| large container. Or you can get several containers. | | | | 7. Cover your container with a clean napkin. |
| Your containers should be free from any dirt | | | | Secure it with a rubber band or any piece of |
| before you actually put anything into it. Wipe it | | | | string tightly. Wait after one whole day or until |
| dry with a soft, clean cloth and set aside. | | | | your mixture has some bubbles and you can see |
| 3. For the juice, you can use freshly squeezed | | | | yeast forming on the bottom of your mixture. |
| grape juice or an all natural grape juice without | | | | 8. You can now replace the napkin cover with a |
| any preservatives added. Using juice is more | | | | plastic bag. Again, secure the bag very tightly. It is |
| convenient in making wine but if you want to use | | | | okay if a little amount of air can still enter the |
| grape fruits with water and sugar for your wine, | | | | container. It does not need to be airtight. |
| it is also fine. Just make sure that you wash the | | | | 9. The fermentation process is done one the |
| grapes thoroughly before mixing them with other | | | | bubbling stops. When this happens, what you need |
| ingredients. | | | | to do next is to cool the mixture inside your |
| 4. Get your containers and pour your grape juice | | | | refrigerator to let the yeast die and to completely |
| or your sweetened grape fruits with water into | | | | stop the fermentation. Filter the yeast from the |
| them. Be sure to pour only the right amount that | | | | wine and put it into another container. |
| your container will be able to hold. | | | | After all of these steps, you can now enjoy |
| 5. The next step would be to add yeast into the | | | | drinking your homemade wine. |
| mixture. You can use yeast which you can buy | | | | |