How to Make Wine | Finishing Fig Wine | Degas & Back Sweetening

[@dioad1739]

I’ve been making wine off and on for 30 years and your method and recipes have really help me refine my technique all my wine since learning from your videos have turned out so much better thank you for all your help and information in my opinion you have the best wine making videos on KZbin I wish you and your wife great success on your farm and in life.

[@HealthyFarmLiving]

I'm really glad you're enjoying these and finding them useful. We're just starting to see production on our new grapevines, so we'll have more wine making content as those vines start to produce more heavily. These fruit wines are a lot of fun and taste good, but it's really hard to beat a good home made Cab or Zin!

[@jeffjohnson1464]

That's the prettiest fig wine I've ever saw

[@HealthyFarmLiving]

This is one of our all time favorites and given enough time it clears up well. The key is leaving behind a bit at the first re-racking, otherwise it stays cloudy.

[@figsinisrael1043]

Interesting experience! I will definitely try with the figs of the next harvest!

[@HealthyFarmLiving]

This is definitely one to try. We've made several fruit wines over the years, but this is one of the few that we do regularly.

[@danielfisch655]

As you know we don’t drink alcohol but we like the science behind the process and it looks really delicious. Happy Easter to you and your family, and thank you for sharing.

[@HealthyFarmLiving]

Hey Daniel! Thank you for always being so encouraging. I know we've talked about this before, but for some reason you always come to mind when we post these videos knowing you'll still support us by watching them even though you don't drink. You're the best!

[@noissey2]

Excellent wine and content, thank youl!, I have one question though, whats the resulting alcohol content?

[@HealthyFarmLiving]

Great question Neil and I really wouldn't be able to say with certainty. The equipment needed to test final alcohol content is very expensive from my understanding, so it's not something we try to nail down.

[@StoneyardVineyards]

Cheers love making wine and brewing beer , stay thirsty

[@HealthyFarmLiving]

It's one of our favorite things to make as well. Haven't tried our hand at beer yet, but may need to get on that one!!

[@FlacoFishing]

Could you add figs while making the simple syrup and back sweeten with that ? Just wondering if it would affect the wine

[@HealthyFarmLiving]

Frozen figs that are defrosted will give you a solid amount of "nectar". The only concern I would have is the chance of getting mold or bacteria into the finished wine. With that, as long as you're adding them to the syrup while it's heating you should be ok. Also, if you're using something to kill off any residual yeast before bottling that should also take care of killing anything off there.

[@BruceMelnick-b4h]

I have not been able to find your Amazon shop. I have my homegrown 30 pounds of fresh frozen figs ready to go!

[@HealthyFarmLiving]

Wow, 30 pounds is a great harvest!! I'll link to the wine making section of our Amazon shop for you here; www.amazon.com/shop/edgeofnowherefarm/list/V130G44JDRYG?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_aipsflist_aipsfedgeofnowherefarm_X8P5GP7RR9Y59AS2H3AJ Good luck with that batch!

[@johnbastardo3322]

Hey I’m planning on trying this myself but I had a question. Are your big mouth bubblers plastic? The one in your Amazon shop is glass but from the video looks like they’re plastic, I’ve always heard plastic is bad for bulk aging over long periods of time.

[@HealthyFarmLiving]

Great question John and you're correct, the one we have (and still use) is made of plastic. The manufacturer still offers both through their website, but Amazon only offers the glass. We have not had any issues storing wine in these, but ours are not in there for more than about 2-3 months before either re-racking or bottling.

[@gavinmitchell5853]

Thank for the fascinating videos! Psa 34:8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

[@HealthyFarmLiving]

Amen to that Gavin!

[@AbidAli-bv2gl]

I never drunk alcohol and pork of my whole life. Nice to see your others video's

[@HealthyFarmLiving]

Hey Abid! Yeah, this one is not for everyone, but we do enjoy having some wine with our meals!

[@eastindiaV]

Oh yeah and again, there is still gonna be a lot of carbon monoxide dissolved in wine that way, using heat seems like it would alter the wine, but I really don't think it would. At around 150 degrees to get the methanol out (usually takes like 30 minutes per batch), most if not all the terpines and flavinoids will be unaltered... and I think it pasteurizes it also which probably preserves it better. I don't think it even kills the yeast at that temperature.

[@HealthyFarmLiving]

Hey Ben. We're haven't had the courage to try this sans chemicals for ensuring we don't kick start fermentation again. That one batch we had that started breaking bottles was enough to make us nervous.

[@heaveningearth]

O' I make it so simply.. lol Yours looks better 😋 😳 In Jesus' name 🥺

[@HealthyFarmLiving]

Sometimes it's the simple that makes it sweet!

[@MrDulanjala]

Lipping

[@HealthyFarmLiving]

Hmm, not sure what that means.