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Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. ~ Lord Alfred Tennyson
After my Ginger Wine post, I got requests for wine recipes that don’t require yeast as some folks are intolerant to yeast….Then I realized I had never posted my Grape wine recipe that doesn’t require yeast. I got this recipe from my mom’s sister and recently when I got hold of some dark grapes I made this wine. Always remember to select the best grapes for this wine and all the utensils used should be dry. So here I am ringing in the New Year with one of the best Homemade Grape Wine recipes I have...…
Homemade Grape Wine without Yeast
Ingredients:
Black Grapes -1kg
Sugar - 1.25 kg
Water - 4 liter
Cloves - 20 nos.
Method:
- Boil the water and keep aside to cool.
- Separate grapes from its stalks and wash the grapes well.
- Wipe water from each grape very well with a clean cloth or kitchen towel.
- In a big bharani / bottle add sugar and grapes; mash it very well with hand or potato masher.
- Then add boiled and cooled water, stir well.
- Tie the bottle with a clean cloth or close with lid little loose.
- Stir this mixture every day for some time.
- After 14 days, mash the grapes once again & strain through a cheese/ muslin cloth.
- If the wine tastes sweeter you can add a little more boiled and cooled water to it.
- Crush 20 cloves a little and tie this in a small piece of clean cloth.
- Pour the wine in to a clean dry bottle.
- Add 1 table spoon Vanilla Essence & cloves pouch in it.
- Keep this again for 30 days untouched. After 30 days strain the wine again, bottle and use.
All the utensils & bottle should be clean & dry. If there is water the wine will become sour.
Don't fill the bottle to the brink. Always leave 1/4 bottle empty.
Wishing you all a New Year filled with new hope, new joy and new beginnings!!!
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awesome colour. have been planning to make wine but dont know when I would gather the required courage.
ReplyDeletevery Happy New Year to you.
What do you mean cloves?
DeleteLavang
Deletewow superb color and thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteChechy, seriously, I think we are sisters from another mother :D LOL!
ReplyDeleteGreat minds DO think alike, but I thought in the yeasted way! :D
Loved the colour of your wine!
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DeleteI'll start making it ... I'll send you the pic when it's done..
DeleteWishing you and family a happy and prosperous new year.Wow great looking grape wine..
ReplyDeleteHappy new year dear, wow, what a great color of your wine.
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious - best wishes for 2011!!
ReplyDeleteHey, sounds like a lovely drink, but FYI since this could be a health issue for some folks - if you didn't boil the grapes to sterilize them, the drink still has yeast. All grapes grow it on their skins, naturally. In fact, that's how they used to make wine a long time ago before we had yeast packets from the store - they'd just crush the raw grapes and let their native yeast that lives on the skins do the fermenting into wine.
ReplyDeleteactually the alcohol concentrations will sterilize the beverage without boiling it, this is why in the medieval times people drank alcohol so often. even with its diuretic properties it was more hydrating than the unclean water they had which would cause cholera and other diseases dehydrating the drinker. ethanol has anti-bacterial properties, we commonly use isopropyl alcohol to disinfect wounds vs ethanol because the molecule chain is slightly bigger than ethanol s chemical structure yielding higher disinfectant properties. In theory you could drink isopropyl alcohol much safer than ethanol because of the molecules size it would require less of it to reach psychoactive effects, however its banned in a lot of countries and the burn from isopropyl alcohol would be quite severe. Just make sure to never consume methanol alcohol also known as wood alcohol because it has a smaller molecular structure requiring large amounts of it to reach a drunken state which overloads your liver and can cause seizures, blindness, coma, and death.
DeleteTo add to what Anonymous said, even if you sterilize the grapes, there's still natural yeast in the air. Leaving the grape mixture out in the open for that long will let the yeast colonize it (or possibly other fungi and bacteria).
ReplyDeleteI guess I'm Anonymous #3. But regarding the two above Anonymouses (Anonymice?) grape juice won't become wine without yeast. Either yeast intentionally added, yeast on the grape skins, or wild yeast in the air. So there are only two possibilities with this method. 1: It ferments with yeast. 2: It doesn't ferment and isn't wine. 2a: It ferments with wild bacteria and gets all sorts of funky and sour flavors and aromas and won't be very palatable. (Or alcoholic.)
ReplyDeleteWow...wonderful...I really miss the home made wine..have to start again making this , now you have inspired me ;-) Happy New year !!
ReplyDeleteYou're an alcoholic you get a dive alcohol so you'll be all right
DeleteYour wine looks really simple! can't wait to try it! the carrot whiskey seems really intriguing too!Thanks for sharing these :)
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Hi Swapna!!
ReplyDeleteThis is my first attempt at making wine.I followed your instructions to the T,and this is the third day.Since you have not specified the storage conditions,I have kept it in our sitting room for ease of stirring everyday.(also kitchen will be too congested with the 'bharani' sitting on the counter top!)My friend who saw it today said that it should be kept in a dark place and left untouched.(or stirred at the most once in 5 days.)Now I am confused.How should it be stored?Should it be stirred daily,and if yes,then how long?Hope you will answer my query at the earliest since I'm a novice wine maker..
Hi Swapna!!
ReplyDeleteAfter posting my comment above,I noticed that you are also in Kuwait!!Nice to know that!!So it will be easy to discuss with you matters like the ingredient availablity and climatic conditions that may affect the recipe :).keep up the good work!
Hi closeupsmile,
ReplyDeleteYou can store it any where as long as not in direct sunlight.... First 14 days you have to stir it every day for a couple of minutes... make sure to use clean and dry spoon to stir.... do let me know the out come :)...
Dear swapna
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Hi Swapna,
ReplyDeleteI followed the steps as you said, just that i got a little tempted and took a dry spoon just to taste the wine, even though it was supposed to be left untouched sorry.Ive already added cloves and essence and its been 10 days. I fine the wine very strong would like to make it sweet, is it possible now. Would like to make it sweeter.Please reply awaiting eagerly.
Regards
Gayu
Hi Gayu,
ReplyDeleteAre you sure that you want it sweeter? If so you can add sugar but no water.
Regards,
Swapna
Hi Swapna,
ReplyDeleteI removed the lid this morning to add sugar and i noticed a white thin coating over the wine.The wine also had small maggots/worm like things. But the wine smelled beautiful. I immediately strained it with a muslin cloth and then tasted it , it tasted very nice. But im worried about the maggots. Can i still use the wine? I so badly wanted it to come out well. Really upset. Please advise.
Regards
Gayu
Hi Gayu,
ReplyDeleteIf it smelled and tasted nice it has obviously come out well... The white thin coating is fungus, which occasionally happens in which case all you need to do is strain it add a cup of alcohol to prevent recurrence... Though I have heard of it, I have never encountered worms before. As a prevention you should ensure that the bottle is sterilized, the grapes are very clean, no overflow occurs and all other items which come in contact with the wine while making are extremely clean. However, since you have noticed these worms I think it may be best to dispose of the wine and try making it again.
Hi swapna,
ReplyDeleteHats off u swapna... really i want to see ur face. u r really
amazing. i thought to spend 1o mins on ur website.but i was spending more than 2hrs.im going to try ur grape wine and paneer curry recipe.May god bless u with a wonderful life.
regards
Priya
never thought...wine could be this easy....interesting...thanx a lot :)
ReplyDeleteHi Swapna,
ReplyDeleteCan i use immersion blender to mash grapes and sugar?
I mashed them with my hands but couldnt get to blend them well, so i took a shortcut with the blender. Is it ok?
Max
Hi Max,
DeleteYou have to be very careful that the seeds wont get mashed while using the blender.. otherwise it is completely ok to use a blender... do let me know how you turns out....
I'm using seedless black grapes. I'll be in touch again. Thank u very much for your blog. I LOVE IT !!!
ReplyDeleteRegards,
Max
Hi Swapna, its max again. I'm on 2nd day. And I don't see foams floating on top, Am I on the right track?
ReplyDeleteMy storage room temperature ranges from 24 - 28 degree celcius, is it ok?
Please advice. Thank u.
Hi Max,
DeleteSince this wine is without any yeast the fermentation process is also little slow... so don't worry... you are on the right track :)....
You have a great website that I have been referring to with regards to learning new recipes. Keep it up.
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Hello Swapna.. One Q.. the water added to it.. is it 1:4? I usually make it with 1:1:1 - 1 Kg of grapes: 1 Liter of water : 1 kg of sugar.. I think my is much thicker :-)
ReplyDeleteYes it's 1:4, 1 kg grapes and 4 liter water
Deleteoh ok I will try with this ratio. This time I had put "Chambakka" around 3 kg. I have poured 4.5 litre of water.. Do I need to add more water to it.. It is just 3 days over.. Please let me know...
ReplyDeleteSorry, I am not sure, never made chambakka wine... I think you need to add at least 2 more liters of water.. But if you are following some recipe please do accordingly...
DeleteAnyways.. I made the ration to 1:3 .. let me see.. Today I am making rice wine... :-) Also final straining my "Nellikka" wine
DeleteWhat are cloves?
ReplyDeleteCheck this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clove
DeleteWhat is your alcohol content(%)??????
ReplyDeleteHi Swapna :-) What is alcohol % of your wine and is it possible to get alcohol without adding YEAST!!! please HELP
ReplyDeleteHi swapna, I've enjoyed making your guava wine and and pine apple wine receipes, which were enjoyed heartily by my friends and relatives. Next il be trying the carrot wine, hope it turns out well.
ReplyDeletehi swapna-ur wine recipes sound super- will try out for this christmas-but want to know sumthin-y do u add cloves for this wine
ReplyDeletehi swapna-i have been seeing ur blog-very interesting recipes n innovative too-will try out ur rice wine this time--but i wud like to know is y do u use clove for this particular wine
ReplyDeletehi swapna-ur wine recipes sound super- will try out for this christmas-but want to know sumthin-y do u add cloves for this wine
ReplyDeleteCloves will give this wine a unique flavor :)
DeleteHi, 2 months back i borough 2 lit bottle of home made wine, the person who sold it to me said its still under fermentation. Its still has raw smell and bubbles in it .. please suggest me what am i supposed to do with it , when i can i drink it and i want it little more sweater..
ReplyDeleteHi Suganya, I am surprised they sold you unfermented wine not ready for consumption!!! You can add sugar if you wanted sweeter... And when it will be ready is depends upon the recipe they followed so it's better you ask the person you bought the wine from :)
DeleteI followed your steps..but I am using a plastic bottle in place of barhani and the same bottle to use it to keep it untouched for 1 month. Is it safe.
ReplyDeleteHello Swapna, Thanks a lot for posting this wine recipe. After reading certain recipes to make wine i got motivated to try the same at my home. I got hold of a Bharani to try the wine recipe at home. I started the process to make wine 18 days back with about 900 grams of grapes( 1kg - wastage), 700 grams sugar, 8 grams of yeast and 1.7 liters of water. I decided on the quantity of the ingredients after reading multiple recipes. Though not sure if i am correct in my proportions. I was planning to filter the wine on this saturday(after 3 weeks from begining) or so. But in the meantime i got some doubts like 1) how do i know if the wine is ready or how much more time it needs, 2) i read somewhere that i need to add potassium-metabisulfite to wine to stop further fermentation otherwise mixture may turn into vinegar and 3) should more water be added now if you feel water quantity is less. I will be very thankful to you if you could give some guidance on these these doubts or priority as i might filter mixture on saturday.
ReplyDeleteRum ozhikkanam ennu chilar parayunnu. Athu ozhikkano..?
ReplyDeleteHi...I made the grape Wine as u suggested... But after tasting I'm wondering if the water quantity u Suggested of 4 liters for one kg grapes is too much...cos my wines are fermented but giving me a diluted taste....any idea why
ReplyDeleteHi...I made the grape Wine as u suggested... But after tasting I'm wondering if the water quantity u Suggested of 4 liters for one kg grapes is too much...cos my wines are fermented but giving me a diluted taste....any idea why
ReplyDeleteHi! could you use the same recipe with white grapes?
ReplyDeleteHi Swapna, i followed your instructions but i noticed white spots on the one side wall of a jar... In the 6th day of process.... Am i in right track or not? Plz tell me....
ReplyDeleteHi Sapna,
ReplyDeleteI have prepared the wine as mentioned above. But I have added the yeast though. Can you please tell me how long can I let the Wine stay in the carboy/bharani after I filter it on the 14th day followed by another round on the 30th day
Hi Sapna,
ReplyDeleteI have prepared the wine as mentioned above. But I have added the yeast though. Can you please tell me how long can I let the Wine stay in the carboy/bharani after I filter it on the 14th day followed by another round on the 30th day
Hi Swapna.
ReplyDeleteI have prepared the Grape wine as mentioned in the instructions by you. However, I have added the yeast.
I would like to know as to how long I can store the wine in my carboy(plastic) after I complete the 14th day procedure and the 30th day procedure.
Please do let me know at the earliest.
Thank you:)
can you please share recipe of homemade grape wine with yeast
ReplyDeletethank you
Hi Swapna
ReplyDeleteHave you ever tried making pomegranate wine...if so kindly post the recipe..
Thank you
Will try it soon and post the recipe :)
DeleteYes, that is the first wine i tried many years back , it is delicious and very nutritious same recipe sugar 1: 1 with the weight of seeds should be good for a balanced sweetness and alchohol .Just remember to use the protocol of boiling and cooling the water and fruit should be ripe but unharmed to get a good wine
DeleteOnce the wine is ready, how long can you store it. Thank you
ReplyDeletein some wine recipies it is given that the wine should be stored in an airtight container. but in your recipie you are telling to keep the lid little loose. how it will affect the wine . please reply
ReplyDeletewhat is the alcohol % content or proof of this wine?
ReplyDeleteHi Swapna, tha ka for sharing such an amazing recipe Tried your recipe with little modification... added bakers yeast to it & instead of covering with the lid I covered & tied it with a thick cloth & ocaasionally stirred it.. kept it for more than a month & today sieved it.... tasted nice ...let me know of the process I followed is ok ... also do I still have to swivel it after 30 days
ReplyDeleteHi Swapna, I have made the wine but not added water at all. It tastes Great but it's very potent. Can I add water now.
ReplyDeleteHow u get such a bright color?
ReplyDeleteI used black grapes... always use dark balck grapes for wine making... also this picture was taken soon after making the wine that's why the bright colour...
DeleteHi ..my red grape wine is tasting sour I feel like cocum juice...I followed every step ...so why this still happened and can it be rectified adding sugar as it was still fermenting on 12th day..today is 14th day so I have strained and kept it aside...pls let me know asap.. thanks a lot
ReplyDeletehello swapna, I have started this since 5 days. its aroma is very good. There any way to check alcohol content?Also i saw some spots like fungi on top mashed solid material. i used plastic bucket with loosely fitted lid.
ReplyDeleteHi, after total of 50 days, it smells like medicine (tonic) and not alcoholic at all. Anything wrong?
ReplyDeleteHope you followed the recipe as it is. Please don't expect that wine will be alcoholic like rum or whiskey... Usually wine's alcoholic content is only 12% and that too after aging... Don't think that wine will be alcoholic especially immediately after making it 😂😂😂
DeleteIam going to try it.
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DeleteI am in the process of making the wine now.. but I am making it in a 5 gallon plastic bucket with lid. Should this still work fine??
ReplyDeleteYes!
Deletei had tried with loovikka...boiled the required water and loovikka...filled in a bharani with the mix, sugar,5cloves,2cinnamon,2elakai....and then yeast to ferment.... kept stirring for 7days. smashed it..filtered it using a cloth....placed the filtered on e by adding some more sugar and kept aside for another 14days...then bottled..... its aroma is as of something like arishtam....is it the taste we normally get .....
ReplyDeleteHi i have made wine a few times with this recipe, it is incredible, precautions are a must to get a good clear texture, other than this it is a breeze .Each and everyone tasting this wine declared it the best ever they have tasted.
ReplyDeleteTry with dark pomegranate it is just out of this world
Hi Swapna,
ReplyDeleteThis wine is tasting sour Aftr 14days when I tasted it was good. Can I Add sugar now
Usually the wine is sour when something went bad while making the wine... so I suugest you to add sugar in a litte portion of wine and see if it is tasting good. If it is ok then add sugar to rest of the wine...
ReplyDeleteThank you Swapna,
DeleteI did that and it is ok...
It could be because of the grapes were sour?
I am just adding 1/2 kg sugar.
Hi, Swapna!
ReplyDelete. . .I am enjoying reading these comments about making wine without yeast. I have never made wine, but I will begin next week, 4th of July weekend. I have ordered Red Star Premier Blanc Champagne Yeast to make black raspberry wine, but I think the raspberries will be gone before the yeast arrives. They will not go to waste, as I am eating them as soon as they are ripe. Haha!
. . .However, it looks like I will have a good harvest from my single Concord grape vine. Do you have a recipe for grape wine made with yeast? (Sorry! I have not had time to read through your blog.) I hope to make grape wine with yeast, and also without yeast according to your recipes.
. . .As a beginner, I have four quart-sized jars to ferment small batches of raspberry wine; but I want to go BIG with the grape wine. My grape vine is almost 30 years old, as are my raspberry patches (black,red,and yellow), two Bartlett pear trees, and a red delicious apple tree.
. . .I have ordered breather lids, a vacuum pump, and lids with water locks to increase my options. I plan to order 1/2-gallon and one-gallon jars, in case my new hobby works out as I hope!
. . .I have made jams,jellies,and fruit sauces in the past; but the process was very time consuming and laborious; plus, now my stove top is out of commission and all I have is a microwave for sterilization. It looks like your recipes do not require sterilization, just very dry and clean equipment.
. . .I have to go order supplies now, and take care of other business; but I will read your’s and any other comments as they are posted; and hopefully have time to respond. I will read your blog ASAP.
. . .Thank you for this blog entry and for all of the people whom commented about their experiences. I have learned so much!
~~~ TedtheRabbi, ordained minister of the Christian Faith.
Thank your wine recipes are very clear will def try one by one... pls mention how to take these wines I never had wine before
ReplyDeleteHow much time till it is preserved
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