Sounds a little crazy, doesn’t it?
Home wine making is actually pretty simple and not expensive – it could potentially cost you less money to make your own wine than a lot of other hobbies (I got started with less than a hundred dollars). There is essentially only one thing that you need to do:
Find a wine making kit that meets your needs and interests. Take your time in finding a kit because over the next six weeks (possibly longer) you are going to get to know this wine pretty well. My first kit cost about $80 and was a red pinot noir – I chose that because it was what I wanted to make. If you have a favorite type of wine, find a kit that offers that and buy it. The kit will come with almost everything you need to get started brewing and fermenting.
What else do you need?
You should go to a home improvement store and shop around for a carboy (it’s just a big bucket) that meets your needs. I recommend buying a five gallon carboy even if your first batch of wine is going to be fewer than five gallons – you may decide to increase in the future, and why waste money having to buy a second carboy just because you want to brew more? Buy a five gallon one the first time and be set to go.
I also recommend finding high quality airlocks. Yes, your kit will almost definitely come with its own airlocks but they aren’t the best out there, and the higher quality of your airlocks the higher quality of your finished product. Even if you are new to home wine making you should consider shopping for some good airlocks. You won’t regret it.
That’s it!
Yep. It’s really that simple to get started. Find a wine making kit for beginners (preferably, and yes they are labelled as such) and buy a carboy and some airlocks. All the step by step instructions for making the wine will be included and are really simple. Just follow them and you’ll be serving your friends and family delicious home made wine six weeks from now.
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