How to Make Raspberry Wine

I think heaven would be to make this raspberry wine. In the winter, in front of the fire, sipping your raspberry wine. You will enjoy the sweet reminder of the summer's bounty.

You are just in time to make raspberry wine for Christmas presents. Your friends will love having a bottle of your customized wine label and the anticipation of letting it age before the uncorking.

Better yet, get a few friends together, split the cost on wine making equipment and wine making supplies and form a local WINE CLUB.

"A loaf of bread, a jug of whine, and thou"
Omar Khayyam

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Wine Making Equipment Large Kettle, Sieve, demijohn, plastic wrap, wine press or large colander cone shaped with nylon bag. Bottles and rack.
• Wine Making Supplies Camden tablets, Wine or Champagne yeast, pectin enzyme, acid blend and tannin
• Equal amount of fruit and sugar from 2-4lbs.
• Time - this is a process of several days attention to fermenting and 1 year of aging.

1. 
    
   Pick the best fruit

   First don't be intimidated. I have read it is easy but you need the right stuff. See resources for links to wine making kits. A good wine making kit can make it a lot easier to put it all together.
   
   Also invest in some custom wine making labels. You can also do home made wine labels creating them on your computer. Home made wine labels add that finishing touch and pzazz.

2. 4lb raspberries
   3.5 lb. sugar
   2 pints boiling water
   6 pints cold water
   Wine Yeast

3. Pour the boiling water onto the fruit. Allow to cool & mash fruit
   Add water to make 1 gallon.
   
   Add 2 crushed campden tablets and stir. Cover and leave 3 or 4 days, stirring 2x daily.
   
   Strain it onto sugar stirring well. Add wine yeast. Cover and steep 24 hours.

4. 
    
   A wine rack of your home brewed wine don't forget to label with the year!

   Put mix into demijohn and fit w/air lock.
   Ferment it as directed, then rack into a clean demijohn, and again as necessary before bottling. Let it age for 12 months.
   
   ENJOY! Sip in front of fire, give bottle to friends, or make some jam!

Tips & Warnings

• Grow your own fruit for better flavor
• The darker the berry the richer the flavor
• After you master raspberry wine try other berries and fruits
• Form a wine club for exchanging recipes and bottles
• Remember for housewarming you take a bottle of wine and a loaf of bread!
• Try at own risk. I am only a conduit of information.
• Do not drink and drive!

Resources

• Basic Recipe for making wine at home
• Article on Winemaking
• Home Made Wine Recipe
• Tutorial about Home Winemaking
• Video about Home Winemaking
• Wine Equipment and Wine Making Kits
• Wine kits
• Wine kits to buy
• Wine Accessories & Gifts
• Wine Making Label Kit - customized home made labels
• Bottling Wine the Last step - bottles corks filling
• Make Your Own Wine Labels

[lynsuz12]

on 11/16/2009 Interesting flavor for wine. Good article.

[diggitydogg]

on 11/13/2009 Raspberries are delicious, so it sounds like a great flavor for a unique wine.

[Thims]

on 10/28/2009 My question is what is a Rasp Berry really named after?
Raspunsil, Boheimium Raspody, The Little Rasples?
This word Rasp is hard to grasp especially when wine is
so fruitly mashed!

I imagine it would make a great wine cooler!

[Cinzia]

on 8/31/2009 It sounds delicious and very intriguing!5* and Recommend

[survivoryea]

on 8/26/2009 Love raspberries and love wine so it sounds like a winner to me!Yum!