b'MAKE A DIY HOME DE-STEMMER btonnage. After performing btonnage, AND CRUSHER. Place your milk crateremove bung for 30 seconds to release upside down into your plastic food pan,carbon dioxide. And two weeks after that, and then press your grape bunchesyou can start tasting the wine again. It through the milk crate, disposing of theshould start tasting much less tart and be stems. Once the pan is filled, empty thefuller in body. contents into the 10-gallon food-safe container, skins and all. Repeat until all 90RACK IT UP. After four weeks, taste your pounds of grapes have been completed.wine again. Now, it should taste soft and This should take about one hour. delicious. Pour or pump your wine back into the 10-gallon plastic container. Using Winemaking START THE FERMENTATION PROCESS. a garden hose clean out the barrel. Make Pull out 1-cup of grape juice from theanother batch of sanitizer, this time using container and swirl in yeast. Let sit for twohot water, and fill barrel for one hour. hours and then pull out another cup ofThen, empty barrel and pump wine back grape juice. Crush four Campden tabletsin. Repeat this process for three months.Sure, its easier to go to the Plastic milk crate and add them to the juice. Next add the store and buy a ready-made 8-inch deep plastic food pan Campden juice immediately. Wait twoGET READY TO BOTTLE. Its finally time bottle of wine. But any home Plastic wrap hours before adding the yeast juice back.to bottle your wine! Crush five Campden winemaker will tell you that 350 Campden tablets Close fermenting vessel and wrap toptablets and add them to the wine. Wait its incredibly satisfying to DIY 5 grams wine yeast with plastic wrap to make an airtight seal.24 hours and then you can bottle your your favorite beverage and that Liquid malolactic culture Then, ferment [the wine] for four weeks inbeverageand drink it, of course!homemade wine can be just Bladder pressa 5-gallon sizea room set to 70 degrees. Twice a week, as delicious as some of youris best open the tank and punch down grapeDRINK RESPONSIBLY AND DO NOT favorite bottles sold in wine Spray bottle skins for five minutes. DRINK AND DRIVE!stores. Its also not difficult to Large funnelmake homemade wine. 1-pound tartaric acid PRESS YOUR GRAPES. Once fermentation is complete, empty your GATHER YOUR TOOLS. SANITIZE YOUR EQUIPMENT. whiskey barrel. Using the bladder press, You will want to round-up theCrush and dissolve 85 Campdencrush grapes, then pour the wine back following before you get started: tablets in 5.25 gallons of water. into the barrel using a funnel. Take a90 pounds of red grapes Add 1 teaspoon of tartaric acid,moment to taste your wine. It will taste10-gallon food-safe containerand fill your spray bottle andvery bitter and tart. Then, add malolactic with lid whiskey barrel with the solution. bacteria and replace bung. 5-gallon used whiskey barrel orYou should also sanitize your a 5-gallon food-safe container10-gallon food safe containerAGE YOUR WINE. Allow your wine to with an airtight lid and lid, milk crate, and food pan. age. Twice a week, roll the barrel to unsettle yeasts. This practice is called GROUNDBREAKINGFROM THEGROUND UP.Versatile. Durable. Dependable. Our tractorsare in their element in every element. WELL QUIT WHEN YOU QUIT.www.masseyferguson.usBLYTHE, CA CASA GRANDE, AZ IMPERIAL, CA SHOW LOW, AZ190 S. Intake Blvd. 8901 W. Hwy 287 3393 Highway 86 1501 E. Thornton St.760-921-9500 520-251-2087 760-355-2443 928-532-2098BUCKEYE, AZ THATCHER, AZ PRESCOTT, AZ YUMA, AZ26403 W. US Hwy 85 2574 US-70 3060 Centerpointe E. 3885 E. Gila Ridge Rd.623-925-3083 928-899-6137 928-499-6001 928-941-7997 Serving Arizona and Southwestern California2020 AGCO Corporation. Massey Ferguson is a worldwide brand of AGCO Corporation. AGCO and Massey Ferguson are trademarks of AGCO. All rights reserved. www.empireag.com36 February 2021 7/14/2020 9:30:00 AMEmpire_AZRealCntryMag_Ad_071420.indd 1'