So I've got this empty jug.....

[trashy]

and I'm thinkin'.....I wonder what it would be like to do one of these fruit wines? Like, all from scratch (or at least from concentrate). I think it would make me laugh, just to think I could turn a common bottle or can of every day fruit juice into wine.

OK, so I've got an empty 1-gallon carboy/jug thing. What's a good choice to get my fet weet (metaphorically speaking) with the whole au naturale wine-making thing?

 

[JWMINNESOTA]

There are as many choices as there are members to this forum, here's a good place to browse and chose.
http://www.finevinewines.com/wine-recipes.html

 

[trashy]

wow - now I'm overwhelmed with choices!

Question - if I make potato wine, is that un-distilled potato vodka?

 

[PolishWineP]

Only if it tastes bad!

 

[Mike777]

Potatos have the tendency to float the starchy solids and yeast into a cap that clogs the bubbler, builds pressure and lets go in a violent eruption of fermenting potato juice and yeast on the ceiling and room all around it. Be dead certain that its almost done in the primary. You don't want a secondary fermentation going on under the neck restriction of the jug or carboy.....unless its in a shower stall.

 

[Steve]

Mike777,


Sounds like you have some experience with this...