Fruit Wine Passion

By Bryon Zirker

If wine making has become a passion of yours, why not try
your hand at making fruit wine.

Fruits that make many of the best fruit wines are elderberries,
plums, peaches, blackberries, huckleberries, blackcurrants, and
pomegranates.

Other fruits include berries, plums, apples, apricot, bananas,
cherries, pineapple guava, and blueberries. Just about any
fruit can be tried. Many other fruit wine can be made from
flowers like hibiscus, elderberry, and dandelions. You might
also try Vegetables such as potatoes, rhubarb, rice and parsnip.

A favorite of mine is a wine called Apfelwein in Germany made
from apples. Wines made from fruit are to be used before a year’s
time as they do not age well at all. Making and consuming right
away is the best.

One of the most fun aspects of making your own wine is large
list of things you can make it from. If you have limited access
to fruit you always have the choice of using a fruit base, a
concentrate of the fruit you wish to try, from one of the many
companies that sell wine making supplies.

A popular combination to try is a fruit wine combined with a
grape wine. This makes for an unusual taste, especially for
the sweet tooth’s out there. Go for a Chardonnay or Zinfandel
to create a marvelous fruity grape wine.

This taste should fire your palate. Another consideration is
when making these fruit wines is how sweet you require them to
be. In fruit wine the natural sweetness should be enough. However
if it is not you can use sugar or wine conditioner, a very good
liquid sweetening agent designed for use in making wine.

There are plenty of great wine making juice flavors that can
be added to your fruity wine that will work fine. Making your
chosen wine dry or sweet exactly to your taste.

Aging and bottling is the final stage in your fruit wine making
process. Do this step to your own preference. You can bottle your
wine immediately, age it in ceramic or stainless steel tanks, or
put right in bottles to age. With a few basic steps, you will be
well on your way to perfecting your system of creating a flavorful
and desirable fruit wine for you and all your friends and family
to enjoy.

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Build Your Own Wine Cellar-A Quick Round Up!

Wine enthusiasts are popping up all over the place these days.
Residential wine cellars are becoming very popular as a status symbol.
The need to build your own wine cellar is growing.

With this kind of popularity comes the need to store wine properly
keeping it safe from external damage like heat, light and humidity.

When a wine is stored the right way it can last and improvement in
aroma, flavor, and richness as it matures.

Maybe you are one who has accumulated a nice store of wine and your rack is looking like maybe it's time to go bigger and better. Enter the necessity for the building of your own wine cellar.

Here is a quick low down on what to do and what is needed. Research some ideas. On the Web you can find a vast number of sites that offer wine cellar kits. Prices for these kits may range from 2000 to about 4000 USD, that's a slightly conservative estimate, and process can
increase depending on the quality of your wine cellar racks.

The size of available space is determined by what you have and how many bottle of wine you intend to store. Obviously larger homes can house wine cellars above ground, the basement has been known to be the safest bet for supporting the combined weight of the cooler and wine bottle racks.

Once you know where now you can begin the what as follows. Inner walls must have at least R-11 insulation while outer walls and the ceiling must have at least R-19.

The basement will need a vapor barrier with a concrete sealant over it will be adequate for the floor. Usually this is a 6mm polyethylene plastic sheet facing outward to the 'warm' side of the cellar avoiding damage to the walls.

A door is needed of course. This will be solid, windowless, and
insulated. No wood here however. Make sure that there is weather strip and it is air tight.

Now the cooler piece. Place this in the back and hidden a bit. Place
between crosswise boards about 6-8 inches below the ceiling.

Last finish the walls with drywall and nice panel stripping. Keep the light simple no flush or recessed lights. Keep it all simple and keep it air tight. Set your light switch outside in the clear.

There you go a quick guide to build your own wine cellar. So whether you have a relatively small collection of wine or enough to supply a small event center, building your own wine cellar can make a great addition to your home.

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