How To Make Apple Juice Wine
Add washed sultanas after slicing or mincing them.
Create a sugar syrup by boiling 1 pint of water and stirring in the sugar.
Allow the syrup to cool to around 20ºc and add to fermenting bin.
Stir and leave for 24 hours.
Add wine yeast.
Add wine yeast nutrient.
Top up with cold water to 5 litres.
Move to warm place for around 10 days.
After the 10 days the wine should be clear and ready for bottling.
If not clear either rack wine or leave for a week to clear.
Leave for at least a month before enjoying.
Apple juice wine is an all-year round wine recipe that produces a light table wine. Using the main ingedient of pure apple juice taken from cartons. This recipe can be ready to drink in less than 3 months. It should make wine around the 10% mark. We recommend you use ‘free from preservatives’, ‘no added sugar’ and also ‘free from artificial flavourings’ and ‘not from concentrate’ for best results. This recipe is quick and easy and is an alternative to using homemade wine kits. If you’re a keen wine maker but don’t like commercially produced wine kits then this is the wine for you. Fill the gaps you may have in your wine collection.
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Initial fermentation time: 10 days
Time to be ready to drink: 2 months
2 pints/1.15 litres pure apple juice
8oz/220g sultanas
2lb/900g sugar
1 teaspoon yeast nutrient
1 teaspoon dried activated wine yeast (or as yeast manufacturers instructions)
Sweetness: Medium dry
Calories per bottle: 400 approx
Yield: 6 bottles
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