Winemaking: Making Red Wine At Home, Part 1

[@WanderlustwithRaj]

Great will try, need to add any preservatives?

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

Thank you for watching! Yes, the wine needs to be protected with sulphites. I use about 30 ppm at crush to stun wild yeast and other micro organisms so that my strain of cultured yeast will be able to become the dominant strain. Later on after the malolactic fermentation I will about 60 ppm of sulphite, more will be added after the wine has been in barrels and I will consider if I need to add a bit more before bottling. Klaus

[@SouthpawDavey]

Thats a very nice set up. I wanted to try making some but I can not find the equipment here. I am still looking maybe next year. All the best Dave

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

Southpaw Davey urban farm. That's funny, most of my equipment comes from Italy and you are a lot closer to them than I am! Take care Klaus

[@SouthpawDavey]

Switzerland is a funny place. There is so much stuff you can not buy here. I will look next time I go to Germany. Italy is a 3+ hour drive Cheers Dave@@WhatWeDoChannel

[@homesteadandhustle6921]

Very impressive! Did not expect to see you start with the actual grapes. Well done! Cheers

[@ronaldandsusanshaws-growing]

Hi Klaus, great how to video I drink a lot of wine but white only, I only make wine from kits never tried from grapes, I will have a scout through your videos and see what else to get up to, Thank you for sharing, Take care.

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

Ronald Shaw - Car Park Growing Area thank you for the comment! We make a boat load of white wine too. Some day I will do some videos on that. You can make some decent white wine from kits. Take care Klaus

[@intellecta840]

Hi this is a great video,,but any chance on filming a Part 2?,,😀

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

Life has been so busy lately! It will definitely be the next video we shoot!

[@vilicus77]

I recently purchased a destemmer and a basket press; getting ready for my first shot at winemaking this season. I would love to see more videos on winemaking. Love the channel.

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

R. Miller Thank you for watching. How exciting to be preparing for your first winemaking season! I think winemaking is the best hobby in the world! I have all kinds of winemaking videos I want to make, and will sooner or later, I have been busy in the garden lately! Klaus

[@miketm8200]

Great! How many liters is your press?

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

My press is a number 40. It is exactly double the #30 I used to use and is enough to press one of my batches of red in one pressing. I aim to get about 120 L from one pressing of red must, that’s about 32 US gallons. Seven pails of fifty lbs of crushed grapes gives me the 120 L I am looking for give or take a little depending on the variety. If you are pressing freshly crushed white grapes you will get about half that yield from one full pressing. Klaus

[@t395delta]

England's been growing grapes since roman times :-) great channel, glad i found it, thanks to woody.

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

t395delta thank you so much and thanks to Woody! I really regret making that silly joke about English wine. I know some of the best sparklers in the world come out of England now! Klaus

[@t395delta]

@@WhatWeDoChannel made me smile

[@CanterburyTrailsFarm]

We enjoyed all of your videos today. Thank you for sharing great content! Looking forward to more! :)

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

Canterbury Trails Farm That’s very kind, thank you! Klaus

[@jackieskitchen1966]

Mona sent me, she gave us shouts outs. I live in the Finger Lakes region, we also are known as wine country.

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

Jackie Smith thank you for subscribing! The finger lakes are a great wine region! I think we share a lot of the same growing characteristics. I'm trying to figure out who the Mona is that sent you! Klaus

[@jackieskitchen1966]

@@WhatWeDoChannel TY for subscribing to my channel as well. Her channel name is Butterfliez Home & Garden. She gave both of us shout outs ;) I am looking forward to your videos...I have not been able to edit a video to save my life as of yet but I am not giving up! LOL Take care

[@zooom4462]

Awesome stuff! Can I ask where you bought your presser?

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

Thank you! I bought my press from Watson’s Family Vineyard. I buy the vast bulk of my grapes and juice from them too. Here is a link to their website. www.watsons.ca/ Klaus

[@zooom4462]

@@WhatWeDoChannel Thanks for letting me know! Will have to check them out!!👍

[@johnnyguitwithit2614]

Love your video, from a fellow winemaker in the Okanagan

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

jsbccan Thank you for the kind words. I’m glad you liked the video. The Okanagan is a great wine region! Klaus

[@crazyhunternick5110]

Hi quick question for you I make wine every year from California grapes and was trying to buy grapes this year from Niagara but I couldn’t find a vineyard that would sell to the public they only sold to big winemakers could you send me the name of the place you get your grapes from ? Thank! Ps. Great video!

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

I get my grapes from Watson’s vineyards. Kevin and his son farm about 100 acres of grapes in the Niagara river area. You can find them at www.watsons.ca/. We just pressed out his Merlot yesterday, it looks wonderful! You kind of need to think about next year as most varieties are sold out for this year. There certainly are others in Niagara selling to amateurs, check out the website for the AWO. www.makewine.com/ Klaus

[@tarjanxxx]

Wait! Where is the part 2?

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

Definitely coming as we go through the process this year, I plan!

[@WineScribble]

Wow! Such an insight into this manual process. Thanks so much for making this video. It was really interesting to see how you process the grapes. Did you really destem all those grapes by hand? What a labour of love!

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

WineScribble thank you for the comment! That machine that crushes the grapes also de stems them for me. I can't believe we forgot to get a shot of the stems coming out of the end of the machine! Take care Klaus

[@WineScribble]

Thanks for the reply Klaus, have a great day :D

[@josephcilone2860]

WHEN IS PART TWO COMING? GREAT FIRST VIDEO!

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

Joseph Cilone Thank you for watching and the kind words! The wine making cycle is about to start over again, I expect my first shipment of grapes next weekend! Part two will be about malolactic fermentation, sulphites , cold stabilizing, barrel ageing and finally bottling. Sometimes we are so busy doing the work we can’t face filming at the same time😟 but this year I am determined to get part two done! It will take a while as each step has to happen at the right time. I’m planning on making eight different wines this year. Klaus

[@josephcilone2860]

Great thanks. Look forward to watching them !

[@razvanfelindean1947]

Part 2 ?

[@BackyardGardening]

I'm home wine maker too...Enjoyable and natural wine without any yeast or chemical things..Cheers 🍷

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

Backyard Gardening Winemaking sure is a nice hobby! Thank you for watching!

[@tamilguys393]

My red wine ph leavel 2.5 How to increase ph leavel.

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

You can add 0.9g per L of potassium bicarbonate to lower the acid by 1g per L which as a rule of thumb raises the PH by about 0.1 , you can also put the wine in a cold environment a little below freezing for a couple of weeks. This will cold stabilize the wine lowering the tartaric acid. The other thing I do is put red wines through malolactic fermentation to reduce the malic acid in wine, the malolactic bacteria need the PH to be around 3.2 before they can start to work. Also fruity white wines can have some sugar added before bottling to help balance the acid. If you add sugar you should also add some potassium sorbate to prevent renewed fermentation! Never add the potassium sorbate to a wine that has gone through malolactic fermentation though or you will get an off odour. I hope this helps. Klaus

[@tamilguys393]

@@WhatWeDoChannel why the ph level is dropping, what is the tartaric acid and malic acid this chemical use to wine making

[@CanterburyTrailsFarm]

Wow awesome set up.

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

Canterbury Trails Farm Thank you very much! Klaus

[@williamcolemansgardenandal9017]

Vin anglais? hahahah! I used to make wine then got out of it, I was planning on trying again this year with our home grown grapes but the raccoons got into fruit we had stored when I left the shed open one night, maybe next year. That is some setup you have there, you certainly don't do things in halves do you? I'm bookmarking this one for reference. Love the yellow submarine picture Klaus :-) Oh, one last thing, I did a wine tour video on my other channel last year, I'd love for you to check it out sometime.

[@klausy1000]

William Coleman's Garden and Allotment thank you for the comment. What other channel? How do I find it? Klaus

[@williecoleman5126]

@@klausy1000 Well, that's a good way of doing it Klausy, it's this channel, there's only a few vids and it's the very first vid.

[@myeyesite1198]

Beautiful!

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

Thank you!

[@KuwPhotographer]

waiting for part 2 .. don't be late please.. thanks

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

KuwPhotographer thank you for watching and subscribing! We will film the next stages as I actually do them. I think there will be two more videos in this series. Klaus

[@themonk1327]

I'm looking forward to trying some of that next year.

[@PlotToPlates]

Just popped in from "Cumbrian Homestead" shout out.

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

Plot To Plates Allotment thank you, I just subscribed to your channel! Klaus

[@nikhilraghuwanshi82]

Still waiting for part-2

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

NIKHIL RAGHUWANSHI I am meaning to do it! No excuse really! Klaus

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[@sameeraskitchen.6046]

Nice video

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

Sameera's Kitchen. Thank you!

[@TigesTheWinemaker]

Nice work mate!

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

Tiges The Winemaker thank you for the nice comment! Klaus

[@annatraveler]

Very nice 😍 Chears!!!

[@nukem123]

5:47 you don’t choose the yeast, the yeast chooses you...that’s my experience

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

If you are going with the wild yeast on the grape skins what you are saying makes complete sense! In my case I like to go with a cultured yeast that I know will do a reliable job on the varietal I’m making. I stun the wild yeast with 30 PPM of sulphites and then add my own yeast. Take care Klaus

[@cs4723]

English wine made from English grapes are now winning awards over French wines, just saying.

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

C S I know it, especially for the awesome sparkling! I so wish I hadn’t made that stupid joke! We even have a picture of a vineyard in Sussex with Arundel Castle in the background hanging in our bedroom (I’m from Sussex originally). Do you remember the old Monty Python skit about Australian wine, I wouldn’t touch that with a ten foot pole now😂😇!

[@jean-pierremuchuba6509]

Really!

[@cs4723]

@@jean-pierremuchuba6509 very much so

[@Tmayc]

hahaha england grapes...yikes!

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

Tessa Corbett I was being a bit mean, they are making some champagne 🍾 style wines that are supposed to be rather good! They have the same underlying geology as the Champagne region in France.

[@Tmayc]

Very interesting! Would love to check it out for sure.

[@isdits]

Part 2?

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

Sorry, I have been crazy busy at work and with life, I hope to get back to making videos at some point.