Having make wine in the past from kits we thought we would try our had at making wine the old fashioned way right from the grape. We purchased a total of 18 cases of grapes; 5 cases of Cabernet and 13 of old vine zinfandel. We crushed most of it by hand since at the time we did not have a grape crusher!!
The crushed grape sat in a vat covered with a sheet for 10 days. Twice per day Phil stirred the fermenting grapes, as the days progressed you could hear the grapes "simmering" and "bubbling". The whole house smelled like an old wine barrel.
On day 10 we pressed the grape, strained the juice and placed it all in glass carboys. We let this ferment for 3 months. We bottled and let it sit for an additional month.
Since we used no chemicals, yeast or preservatives this wine will need to be consumed within one year!!
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