Wednesday 7 October 2009

Packaging Your Homemade Wine

By Annie Phelan

Have you ever considered making homemade wine as a great hobby? I can tell you there is something about opening your own bottle of wine, tasting it, and knowing that you just created something that rivals expensive wines. Making homemade wine does have a learning curve, but it is a lot of fun and well worth it.

Before you begin making wine there are some essential things that you need a real grasp of. You can learn the basics of wine making by learning from experts, books and websites. There are many places where you can purchase the wine making equipment needed to begin your endeavor and at reasonable prices including stores and websites.

Wine kits are probably the easiest way to begin making homemade wine. Wine kits make things simple for beginners.

Ingredients for wine making are something that are a little more delicate in nature than the equipment. It is important to get quality ingredients if you wish to make a higher quality wine, but you can also make wine from juice concentrate!

It can take anywhere from seven to ten weeks to complete the entire wine making process and it varies between wine types. Do not drink your wine early because you will ruin the final product and wine is better the longer it gets to age.

Websites and books are great resources for finding yummy wine recipes from dandelion wine to merlot. You can turn your special homemade wine into a personalized gift for someone, tailoring the taste to that of the receiver. A wine lover will appreciate a gift of wine designed especially for them!

Packaging your homemade wine can be an important aspect of the wine making process. From the bottle to the cork to the wine label, it can all give your wine that special touch. Wine labels are probably the most important aspect for personalizing your wine.

Wine labels help to give an overall impression and feel for your homemade wine. They can be used for expressing the type of wine you made, putting a message to personalize the wine for a gift or for putting your logo on it! It is all about having fun so just do it!

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