Today I’m joined by Rick from the Home Wine Making channel as he critiques my attempt at a wine! I bought some crushed grapes and attempted a merlot. This was my first time making wine from actual grapes and not just a kit, so it was a ton of fun. I hope you enjoy this video and go check out Rick!
Special thanks to ZBiotics for Sponsoring this video. Click this link for 15% off your first order: https://zbiotics.com/manmademead15?utm_campaign=dwc_708&utm_medium=dwd_12876&utm_source=youtube&utm_content=dwp_19632
The Home Winemaking Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHomeWinemakingChannel
Join this channel to get access to perks:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA-SZX2Xzl0p7pJy2fHeN-Q/join
Check it out on my Amazon store of my website!
www.ManMadeMead.com
Check out the Patreon! www.Patreon.com/ManMadeMead
Discord Link: ManMadeMead.com/discord
Equipment I Use:
Glass Carboy (& Airlock): https://amzn.to/2QP7Mxm
Short Auto-Siphon & Tubing: https://amzn.to/2YXorU7
Long Auto-Siphon & Tubing: https://amzn.to/3NOjKFH
Hydrometer: https://amzn.to/31P3PPF
1 Gallon Keg: https://amzn.to/3tuYttM
Star San (Sanitizer): https://amzn.to/32OhXYF
Scale: https://amzn.to/34TSAaL
Hand Bottle Capper: https://amzn.to/3buC6at
Bench Capper (Optional): https://amzn.to/32LZZpY
Hand Corker: https://amzn.to/32MlxCO
Floor Corker (Optional): https://amzn.to/3gPgbvq
Wine Corks: https://amzn.to/3jCvQ2Y
Bottle Caps: https://amzn.to/3lNMHSD
Bottling Wand: https://amzn.to/3hR8rKH
Wine Bottles: https://amzn.to/47enlDT
Synthetic Corks: https://amzn.to/3tMpKrs
Red Star Yeast Sampler: https://amzn.to/47en8AB
Check out the Craft-A-Brew Mead Kit:
0:00 Introduction
0:15 Sourcing the Grapes
0:40 Starting the Wine
2:34 ZBiotics Ad
3:21 The Tasting
20 Comments
Special thanks to ZBiotics for Sponsoring this video. Click this link for 15% off your first order: https://zbiotics.com/manmademead15?utm_campaign=dwc_708&utm_medium=dwd_12876&utm_source=youtube&utm_content=dwp_19632
Hype
I know your mead man but if you start a wine journey I will tap in to watch
I'm very happy you made wine, man. Cheers!
very cool to see
Woot
Try Nature Blessed (Coloma Frozen Foods)
a lot cheeper and great options for mead making and wine making and a lot less work
But what site did you get the grapes from?
I love watching Rick's channel. I would love to see more of your two collab!
Why do you say it's easier to make wine than mead?
Love seeing the collaboration! Big fan of both of you!
The first AVA in America includes Oklahoma, pre prohibition Oklahoma and Arkansas (if I remember correctly) were considered the better wine regions in the US, but the vineyards were actually completely destroyed in prohibition and, because Oklahoma remained a dry state for while after it, they stayed gone. As a whole, we are finally getting back into wine making and there is a lot of promise in the industry still, even if in recent years it has stagnated again.
Did you do anything with the skins after you racked? I know most of the flavor would be shot and all the sugar, adding them to a mead, would have been interesting to see if you extracted any more flavor or color. Maybe a blush? I’ve got two kits otw and I may have to try it this round.
This was a good video, very informative and entertaining. Thank you. Gotta say, however, that I disagree that making a good wine from grapes is easier than making a good mead. With wine making, you need to crush the fruit (allowing the yeast access to the pulp beneath the skins), you need to monitor the fruit ensuring that two or three times every day you stir the fruit into the juice, and you need to press the fruit- that CAN be done by hand but for large batches you do need a press. And then there is the decision that seasoned wine makers need to make: when you stack the grapes after a couple of weeks or longer of fermentation, some wine will be expelled simply through the weight of the fruit in the press. That wine, in fact, is likely to taste very different – and some will say very superior to the wine that you expel by pressing. Do you blend the first runnings with the wine that comes from pressing? Some do, but some don't, and if you don't you need to collect each batch in separate carboys.
Great video! Really interesting.
New subscribers ❤
Do you have any idea what the name of the blue pH meter is that Rick was using?
Nice video man! If you ever have more questions, feel free to reach out. I have made Mazer Cup medaling meads and San Francisco Chronicles Fine Wine at the pro level. I am always happy to help.
you did all that today?
Wines always good n' easy. Only thing easier is hard cider(or maybe a standard mead)