My First Wine

[user 23357]

So for my first foray into winemaking I made it a father / daughter thing to do together. My daughter is 22 by the way. Anyway we did the Welch's thing, she did a white with bottled juice and I did a red with concentrate.

I learned from this fine forum, that I probably had a little weak wine because my recipe only had 2 concentrates in it. Oh well live and learn.

But since I back sweetened to mellow it a little and bring it down from 16.5% ABV to a respectable 13% that helped with the body. My daughter didn't have this issue as she didn't use concentrate.

Anyway I think for my first go around it worked out pretty good, tasted pretty good and I hope will get better with a little age.

If you would like to see our wines they are on my blog at Tumblr

Oh and we didn't have a filter, but degassing, racking, and being patient works pretty good for getting it to clear, after the fining agents.

 

[scubaman2151]

Good to hear your first foray into winemaking was successful. Don't worry, you'll catch the winemaking bug soon enough and find yourself hooked with this hobby.


Scuba

 

[smokegrub]

We still enjoy our Welch's wine. Yes, aging will make a difference and especially with Concord.

 

[Wade E]

So whats next?

 

[Joanie]

They both look great! Love your labels!!