It seems as though when we think of home wine making, we think of grapes. Walk into your local liquor store. The racks are filled with countless wines produced from Pinot Noir, Zinfandel, Cabernet and other notable grapes.

Fruit wine is wine made with any fruit that doesn’t include grapes. Commonly known as ‘country wines’, they require a little more human attention than grape wines, but are just as delicious.

Winemaking is usually considered a tedious task to do, but with the right ingredients and method, you can easily create it at home. Make sure you take all the below-given precautions and follow the steps carefully to fuse the right flavours in the wine. We have made wine with grape juice here, however, you can also use apple or cranberry juice for the same. Do try this fruit wine recipe and let us know how it turned out to be.

With fruits other than grapes, adjustments are almost always necessary during the wine making process but are very easy to accomplish:

    The amount of fruit used per gallon needs to be determined.
    The amount of available sugars needs to be tested and adjusted.
    The fruit juice’s acidity needs to be tested and adjusted.

Preparing Fruit For Fruit Wine
You’re going to be making a pulp from your fruit. Larger fruits that have big stone seeds (apricots, peaches, plums) should be pitted and sliced. Fruit with tough skin can be peeled. Do you have excess fruit? Don’t be wasteful, freeze it. Frozen fruit is still good and can be used later.

Fermentation
    For the fermentation, keep the canister in a cool and dark place for at least 11 days. You can also cover it with a cloth.
    Make sure you open the container every day and stir it a bit with a wooden spoon at the same time, every day. If you don’t mix it, the wine might turn sour.
    Now on the 12th day, strain the wine into wine bottles and close them with lids or cork.
    Your homemade fruit wine is now ready.
    You will get a cloudy wine after 12 days, which will not only taste good but also smell aromatic.
    You can store the wine bottles for more days if you want clearer wine. With time, the texture of the wine will become clearer.

HOW TO MAKE FRUIT WINE - TESTING AND ADJUSTING AVAILABLE SUGARS
The amount of sugar you start off with determines the amount of alcohol you’ll end up with, minus any sugars that didn't ferment.

This is where a wine making hydrometer turns into your best friend. The hydrometer helps you to determine how much sugar you have in your juice, as well as, how much alcohol that sugar can make. Furthermore, it helps you to determine how much sugar to add to your fruit juice.

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