Grape Wine Recipe

by Deborah
(Kentucky)

Grape Wine (My Favorite Wine) Recipe Ingredients 4 Kgs Dark Black Grapes; 4 Bottles or 4 litres Water (Boiled and Cooled); 4 Kgs Sugar; 2 Eggs – Whites only; 2 Ounces of liquid Yeast or 2 tbspns. of Dry Yeast granuals; A handful of whole wheat; Sugar for colouring – ½ - ¾ cup. Preparation Clean & wash grapes well removing stalks, crush nicely with hand until you get a good purple colour. Place the crushed grapes in a ceramic jar with half the quantity of sugar (2 kgs Sugar), add water, egg whites, yeast & wheat – mix well & keep airtight for 21 days – stirring well every alternative day. After 21 days strain away the grape pulp mixture, add the balance sugar to the wine – mix well and keep airtight for another 21 days to ferment. Now filter the wine (you could use a muslin cloth and strain the wine) – keep aside. Take a wok add the sugar kept for colouring (1/2 –3/4 Cup) – place on fire and go on stirring till the sugar melts and becomes dark brown/black in colour - but do not allow it to burn – now add about 5-7 tbsps. Of hot water to this syrup little at a time and mix well, add this syrup to the wine and mix well – store the wine in a clean jar and use.