Food & Fermentation
Winemaking
Ferment your first sound, drinkable wine from grape or fruit
12 lessons4 modules9h 25m durationbeginner level
About this course
Learn to produce sound, drinkable wine at home using the same chemistry and process control that commercial cellars rely on, scaled to a kitchen or garage. You will work with juice kits, store-bought juice, and fresh fruit, and learn to manage sulphur dioxide, choose yeast strains, run primary and secondary fermentation, rack off sediment, fine for clarity, and bottle with corks or closures. Every step is anchored to measurable targets such as specific gravity, pH, and free SO2 so you can repeat your successes.
Curriculum
Module 1: Getting Started: Equipment, Sanitation, and Reading a Must
- The Beginner Winemaking Kit and Why Each Tool ExistsPreview
- Sanitation: The Single Biggest Predictor of Success🔒
- Reading the Must: Specific Gravity, pH, and Acidity🔒
Module 2: Sulphites and Yeast: Protecting and Driving the Ferment
- Sulphur Dioxide: Dose, Timing, and Free SO2 Targets🔒
- Choosing and Rehydrating Wine Yeast🔒
- Yeast Nutrition and Fermentation Temperature🔒
Module 3: Fermentation, Racking, and Clarification
- Primary and Secondary Fermentation Step by Step🔒
- Racking: Getting the Wine Off the Lees🔒
- Fining and Clarification for Brilliant Wine🔒
Module 4: Stabilising, Bottling, and Troubleshooting
- Stabilising and Back-Sweetening Before the Bottle🔒
- Bottling, Corking, and Storage🔒
- Diagnosing and Preventing Common Faults🔒
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