Almost every enthusiastic winemaker has a recipe for homemade wine from Isabella. This is not surprising, because the variety was grown specifically for the preparation of wines.
Growing it is quite simple, such a grape has a stable vine that can tolerate even low temperatures. In its pure form, not everyone may like berries, because they have a rather tough skin, but wines from Isabella reveal the true richness of the taste of this variety. How to make it on your own at home?
How to make Isabella wine: preparation
First of all, you need fermentation tanks, a cork with a water lock and bottles for bottling the finished wine. And, of course, grapes and granulated sugar itself. In order to make wine, berries of any size are suitable. Go through them to remove rotten or unripe ones. A prerequisite - grapes must not be washed. If you find it necessary, simply wipe the berries with a dry cloth. When washing, you will remove microorganisms from the skin of the grapes, which during the fermentation process will serve as natural yeast.
The second step in making wine from Isabella: starting fermentation
First of all, you need to make juice. Crush grapes with a wooden pestle, doing this as carefully as possible. Only if each berry is crushed will the right amount of juice be obtained. To do this is not too difficult, because grapes easily give juice. The resulting mixture, called the pulp by professionals, must be filtered and poured into a glass bottle.
The container should be sterilized, it should be filled no more than two-thirds of the volume so that the liquid had enough space for fermentation. Close the bottle with a cork with a water lock and leave to ferment for several weeks.
The third phase of making wine from Isabella: the final
In young wine you need to add sugar. Before this, carefully drain the liquid without shaking up the sediment accumulated during fermentation at the bottom. Pour 100-150 grams of granulated sugar for each liter of wine and mix gently until completely dissolved. Pour wine and sugar into a dry, sterile container and seal tightly with an airtight stopper. Clean for four weeks. After this period, the wine can be poured into small glass bottles, corked and stored in a refrigerator. At this point, the drink will become stronger and sweeter than young wine immediately after fermentation.
Isabella and White Grapes Wine Recipe
To continue acquaintance with drinks from this grape variety is such an original recipe. Isabella's taste is combined with notes of other varieties. Mash the unwashed grapes and heat the pulp to 75 degrees. Cool and leave for three days. After a specified period of time, pour a glass of water with dry yeast diluted in it, they should take 25 grams. Add a couple of drops of ammonia, 100 grams of granulated sugar per liter and leave in a container with a water lock for a couple of months. At the end of fermentation, you can add wine to the sweets by pouring 150 grams of sugar per liter. Bottled beverage and cork. Store horizontally in a dark and cool place.