Wine is too dry

[Lynyrd Skynyrd]

My first attempt ended up with the wine way too dry. Don’t know if I didn’t start with enough sugar, or if I let it ferment too long. I’m waiting on a hydrometer to arrive to test %,, but my question is how do I sweeten it up?

 

[sour_grapes]

The conventional approach is to "stabilize" the wine by adding potassium sorbate. This will not kill any yeast in your wine, but it prevents them from reproducing. Then you can add sugar to your liking.

In general, that is the way we home winemakers have to operate anyway. It is difficult to stop an active fermentation. We generally always let it go to dry, then stabilize and backsweeten later.