Who makes their own wine?

I just saw a video on making homemade wine. Looks fairly easy. Anyone make their own wine?

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My husband. I wouldn't say it's easy. They drive up to another city with two trucks to buy grapes that are shipped in from California. They bring them home, wash and crush. They allow the crush to ferment some, then press a week to a few weeks later. They strain and put into carbuoys. After a second fermentation they check the sugars again then bottle. It can take weeks to months for finished product.

I've made my own beer once. It was a delicious maple stout, but was too much work and the waiting really tests my patience. Never went back to making beer.

My parents have made their own wine. We have a grape vine in the back of our garden. I have cousins in Germany who make wine and one year they came to the US, and while they were here they showed my parents how to properly trim the vine to produce the grapes and make the wine.

I saw videos where they use bottled juice from the store.

Ohhh...yeah. I think that's kind of like buying premade refrigerated cookie dough, baking it at home, and saying you baked homemade cookies. Or putting a frozen pizza on a cookie sheet and saying you made a pizza. I'm so spoiled with my husband's delicious wine I can't imagine doing the grape juice thing.

Dave...she said Chicken OF the Sea.

@JASFLALMT wrote:

Dave...she said Chicken OF the Sea.

This video of her actual saying it says otherwise.

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@JASFLALMT wrote:

Ohhh...yeah. I think that's kind of like buying premade refrigerated cookie dough, baking it at home, and saying you baked homemade cookies. Or putting a frozen pizza on a cookie sheet and saying you made a pizza. I'm so spoiled with my husband's delicious wine I can't imagine doing the grape juice thing.

Blind taste test between expensive wine and cheap wine. [www.youtube.com]
Don't be a wine snob as it is unbecuming.

@DavePi wrote:

@JASFLALMT wrote:

Ohhh...yeah. I think that's kind of like buying premade refrigerated cookie dough, baking it at home, and saying you baked homemade cookies. Or putting a frozen pizza on a cookie sheet and saying you made a pizza. I'm so spoiled with my husband's delicious wine I can't imagine doing the grape juice thing.

Blind taste test between expensive wine and cheap wine. [www.youtube.com]
Don't be a wine snob as it is unbecuming.

Buzzfeed isn't a good source for anything actually true or relevant, and I say that as a member of their target demographic. Eight random people that that website found is probably not the best source for wine knowledge (not to mention, that's a really small sample size).

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/02/2016 05:07AM by bcm2016.

Wine is very subjective. I'm the wine coordinator for a farmers market, and I see and taste wines from both ends of the spectrum.

JAS isn't being a snob. I get what she's saying. When you make something from scratch, you appreciate the subtle tastes that are in it because you know where they come from.

The cost of the wine has nothing to do with this discussion.

@DavePi wrote:

@JASFLALMT wrote:

Ohhh...yeah. I think that's kind of like buying premade refrigerated cookie dough, baking it at home, and saying you baked homemade cookies. Or putting a frozen pizza on a cookie sheet and saying you made a pizza. I'm so spoiled with my husband's delicious wine I can't imagine doing the grape juice thing.

Blind taste test between expensive wine and cheap wine. [www.youtube.com]
Don't be a wine snob as it is unbecuming.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

@bcm2016 wrote:

Buzzfeed isn't a good source for anything actually true or relevant, and I say that as a member of their target demographic. Eight random people that that website found is probably not the best source for wine knowledge (not to mention, that's a really small sample size).

Random people chosen is important for a scientific study. They represent a population and not a set target group. Buzzfeed makes a lot of money and that's gotta mean something.

@DavePi wrote:

@JASFLALMT wrote:

Ohhh...yeah. I think that's kind of like buying premade refrigerated cookie dough, baking it at home, and saying you baked homemade cookies. Or putting a frozen pizza on a cookie sheet and saying you made a pizza. I'm so spoiled with my husband's delicious wine I can't imagine doing the grape juice thing.

Blind taste test between expensive wine and cheap wine. [www.youtube.com]
Don't be a wine snob as it is unbecuming.

Dave, I have been drinking wine since before you were born. I was a server in several fine dining restaurants in my younger years and wine tastings were a common practice by the owners with the staff so we were properly educated on what we were serving. And my palate definitely has nothing to do with cost. I have had many a bottle of $9 wine that in my opinion was way better than some of the $100 bottles I have tasted.

Don't call people snobs. It's unbecoming.

Oh yes, and I might add that doing the grape juice thing isn't exactly cheap. It's actually cheaper to buy a nice bottle from your grocery store. But most of that juice based stuff is swill, as I have had a few friends who tried making wine that way. If something tastes bad, it tastes bad. That doesn't make me a snob because I know the difference between good food and bad food or good wine and bad wine. I would much rather drink my husband's wine, just as I would rather have the pizza from my local pizzeria as opposed to a frozen pizza. And I can definitely taste the difference. Just sayin'. And that doesn't make me a snob.

@JASFLALMT wrote:

@DavePi wrote:

@JASFLALMT wrote:

Ohhh...yeah. I think that's kind of like buying premade refrigerated cookie dough, baking it at home, and saying you baked homemade cookies. Or putting a frozen pizza on a cookie sheet and saying you made a pizza. I'm so spoiled with my husband's delicious wine I can't imagine doing the grape juice thing.

Blind taste test between expensive wine and cheap wine. [www.youtube.com]
Don't be a wine snob as it is unbecuming.

. I have had many a bottle of $9 wine that in my opinion was way better than some of the $100 bottles I have tasted.
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Exactly, that was my point. Wine is subjective. That's why there are fakes expensive wines. Who can tell the difference? Wine is just wine and my welch grape juice wine is the best wine in the world to me. Comparing it to premade refrigerated cookie dough is an insult to a wine connoisseur like my self.

Umm, Welch grape juice wine is not something any wine expert would drink, LOL. It's something a college student might drink...no wait. That statement is insulting to college students, as many of them have more sophisticated palates than that.

@JASFLALMT wrote:

Oh yes, and I might add that doing the grape juice thing isn't exactly cheap. It's actually cheaper to buy a nice bottle from your grocery store. But most of that juice based stuff is swill, as I have had a few friends who tried making wine that way. If something tastes bad, it tastes bad. That doesn't make me a snob because I know the difference between good food and bad food or good wine and bad wine. I would much rather drink my husband's wine, just as I would rather have the pizza from my local pizzeria as opposed to a frozen pizza. And I can definitely taste the difference. Just sayin'. And that doesn't make me a snob.

Again you are using your own subjective opinion. Something that taste bad to you might taste good to someone else. I for one use organic welch juice straight from the vinyards in Florida. Juice from concentrate give it a nice herbal and smoky aroma, with hints of sea salt. It give a pleasant raspberry jam after taste.

@JASFLALMT wrote:

Umm, Welch grape juice wine is not something any wine expert would drink, LOL. It's something a college student might drink...no wait. That statement is insulting to college students, as many of them have more sophisticated palates than that.

It doesn't have to be straight Welch. You can add minute made apple juice or arizona tea juice to give it more complexity in flavor. If you haven't tried these flavor combos, don't dismiss them and say they are beneath you and college students. That would be very snob-like.

I can be snarky to the guy that all regular forum members know to be a s@*% stirrer and also known as one of the few forum members who often "likes" his own posts, and no one is going to think I am a snob for doing so, LOL. And your post about adding apple juice for complexity cracks me up!

Hey Dave, you commodian (as opposed to being a comedian, LOL) I am def calling BS on you. On November 29 you watched a video on making wine and on December 3rd you are a wine connoisseur and have used variances of apple juice along with Arizona tea with your Welch's grape juice (from Florida, no less when Concord grapes are a NE US regional produce), you are truly a funny man!

Wait, are you taking my posts seriously?

Just making sure everyone else knows it too, LOL.

Why do you always click "like" on your own posts?

It's my signature trademark. =D

In college, I drank Manischewitz . It was cheap and came in a big jug. I didn't drink M/D though.

My palate is much more refined now.

@JASFLALMT wrote:

Umm, Welch grape juice wine is not something any wine expert would drink, LOL. It's something a college student might drink...no wait. That statement is insulting to college students, as many of them have more sophisticated palates than that.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

JAS, you and Dave trying to connect on wine is making me laugh. Seriously. That's like a diamond collector talking shop with a coal miner. It doesn't work.

Dave, you obviously know nothing about wine. If you take this on as a hobby, either making or drinking, I would be interested in following your progress.

I shop at a wine warehouse called Total Wines. A few years ago, my New Years Resolution was to try a new wine each time I bought a case of my regular. The conditions: a chardonnay that I have never tried; no screw caps; and under $10. Currently, I'm in the "Fs."

I found some really good wines this way. Dark Horse and Low Hanging Fruit being two of them. Butter is another good one, but it doesn't meet my requirements (screw cap and over $10).

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

I had my science students make apple jack once. We were studying fermentation and it seemed like a brilliant way to show actual fermentation.. They did not get to drink it but another teacher and I did. Not bad and probably not brilliant either.

@ChicagoShopper wrote:

I've made my own beer once. It was a delicious maple stout, but was too much work and the waiting really tests my patience. Never went back to making beer.

Sort of like the income from mystery shopping. Once you get it started so that it rolls in month to month you can't take time off.

It's been a little over a week since I made the welch wine and it smells pretty good. It's making small bubbles which is a sign that it's fermenting.

If I bottle this stuff when it's done, how much could I sell this for on Amazon or ebay?

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/11/2016 07:37PM by DavePi.

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