Muscadine Wine Recipe D.I.Y.

Hey Guys and Gals! Muscadine is the grape of the American South, and it makes a bold, sweet wine. Makes one gallon.

Ingredients

Step 1

• 6 lb muscadine grapes
• 2.25 lb sugar
• 3 quarts water
• 1 tsp yeast nutrient
• 1/2 tsp pectic enzyme
• 1 Campden tablet, crushed

Step 2

• 1 pack red wine yeast

Directions

1. Wash and stem the grapes. Put them in a straining bag in the primary fermenter and crush them well. The skins are thick.
2. Dissolve the sugar in the water and pour over the fruit. Add everything except the yeast. Wait 24 hours.
3. Hydrate the yeast in 4 oz of warm water for 15 minutes, add it, take a hydrometer reading and fit an airlock.
4. Ferment on the skins 5 to 7 days, pushing the bag down daily.
5. Squeeze and remove the bag. Siphon into a secondary carboy and let it finish, weeks to months.
6. Rack every two to three months until clear. Sweeten to taste once it is still.
7. Bottle and age 6 to 12 months.

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