I've messed around with wine making for a couple of years now, mostly ending up with vinegar which was great for cleaning - if a trifle expensive. Then I came across this recipe - I've made it once and am currently drinking it (its 3 weeks from start). Its exactly what he says - a good comparator to a £5 supermarket wine, and it costs much less. I'm certainly making more. Great recipe. Thanks. I'm making another batch this week. Its really very tasty (and I didn't bother with the pectolase, bentonite - the flavour is what matters, and it tastes really nice - I did use the glucose).

I learned how to make wine 50 years ago from my mum. Between us, we tried many things, including used tea bags (tasted like sherry!), rose petals (deliciously delicate), elder flowers, apples, etc. but I think the best was from blackberries (full-bodied and gorgeous colour). Homemade wine is usually not like the store-bought stuff from grapes, but it can be surprisingly good, if a little different. An ooccasional issue we had was getting the finished wine to clear, without using unwelcome chemicals. After a couple of glasses though, it somehow seemed less important...

Thanks for the video. I've been home brewing for years and I've never thought of those tweaks with tannins and such. Great ideas I can't wait to try.

Nicely done sir! Succinct and thorough, easy to follow instructions and I particularly liked the time-lapse with the thermometer/timer in shot.

Best video I've watched for homebrewing. Well done and thanks for posting. Im going to give it a try. cheers.

Man I envy the level of patience you have with all the hot sauces and the wine you have fermenting. I applaud your level commitment you put into to your creations and can't wait to establish myself with my own at home setup like you have. Keep up the good work!

Grape juice with a squirt of lemon juice and a hand full of raisins per litre makes a wonderful wine. Pear juice makes the most beautiful white whine you will ever taste.

Just started a batch of this. Looking forward to seeing what happens. I've used 3 grape and 1 orange. Great tutorial by the way, concise and clear.

Just finished this recipe. It's great. Did it with orange and grape juice. Really nice. Spot on. Thank you for the clear instructions. Works great. Looking forward to 3 months time. Cheers

Thanks so much for this! Ive made apple cider and pineapple beer a few times, this looks waayyy easier and less messy!

Thank you so much for this video ! I just bottled my first batch of this today, 17 days from start to finish. I followed your recipe guide and procedure exactly (orange and cranberry, could not find grape juice) , except that I racked the wine into another container on Day 11. By Day 17 it really was crystal clear and ready for bottling and drinking!

I love watching your videos. They're very educational and Your voice is like listening to Bob Ross the painter. It's hard not to binge watch are the different chili chump episodes. Watching your videos inspires me to do interesting things with my life.

This is probably the best instruction video on anything on KZfaq! From start to finish clear instructions and an easy to click on table of contents so you can revisit the bits you need to. TOP MARKS 5 STAR RATING!

I harvested my first batch a couple days ago. Product as advertised! I thank you for doing this.. because just browsing around the web about this stuff as a newbie can be quite overwhelming. And a lot of other people leave out the basic refinements. I honestly don't know if I would have tried this out if it wasn't for your video. You exude competency.

Man, those yeasts were having one hell of a party in that demijohn! Very informative, think I'm going to try this. Thanks!

im loving the pop up factoids and the segregation of parts of the video on the time bar!

This process looks amazing thank you. I have planted lots of fruit trees and this will be such a great way to process excess fruits!

I've been making fruit wines for years. There's an art to wine making, but don't let that scare you. The darker and richer the fruit, the better it tends to be for wine type recipes, the lighter and less strong tasting the fruit, the better it tends to be for beer type recipes. The higher the acid content of the wine, the longer it takes to mature. A dry wine is a wine that has little to no sugar left over, a wet wine has sugar. People often thing that a wine is either dry or wet, but a little bit of sugar left over in certain kinds of wines is lovely, depending on the fruit. Beer type recipes (ciders) can be ready quickly, and I've used pear, honeydew and apple and others. Wines take longer, but if you get used to making it regularly, you'll soon find out that after a year you'll start to build up a stock pile. One of my favorite wines to make is blueberry and raspberry. Blueberry is low acid and matures within 8-12 months. Raspberry needs longer, and due to it's tartness, it's good to leave a bit of extra sugar in. Blackberry is lovely too, but is very low sugar, and without adding sugar to the recipe, will end up painfully dry. In the USA, you can get concentrated juice (Welch's makes it) and I've used these to make wines. 2-3 of them per gallon seems to work well. Using Welch's white grape peach is lovely for a white wine, and using white grape as a base to add other fruit like apple or pear is lovely too. I would avoid orange or other citrus unless you want to cut it with white grape, it's too acidic, and the wine remains cloudy in my experience. An easy way to make wine is to buy frozen fruit in bags. Allow them to thaw, put them n a blender, strain with pantyhose to get some of the fibers out if need be, and ferment with a wine yeast. Strawberry is a lovely wine, but it will remind you quite a lot of strawberry jam. The same is true for Concord grape, which is used to make most grape jelly n the USA. The flavor is fine, but it does taste like drinking liquid grape jelly. I picked up a few bags of mixed fruit (blackberry, raspberry and blueberry) and threw that in the blender and made a wine, and it turned out pretty nice. My all time favorite is raspberry. I've heard very good things about cherry too, but I've never got around to making it. The cool things about this is that you can make wine out of literally anything. Are you crazy and want to make onion wine? It's possible. Jalapeno wine. Tomato wine. Celery wine. Carrot wine. Got some fruit or veggie that you love more than anyone else? Turn it into a wine. It's possible.

Hi Shaun, I have some news. I made some wine 2 months ago using grape juice from the store. After following your recipe it turned out very sweet. I let it sit for 2 months and now it has turned into Port! It’s not what I expected but I’m happy with that 👍

Looking forward to trying this sometime. Thanks and I appreciate the links!

I appreciate your video's you are extremely thorough

This is how I make wine, when I transfer it to a secondary fermenter I put in some toasted oak chips and let that sit for 2 to 3 weeks and then decant into wine bottles and let them sit for about a month, tastes like store bought. Take care Chilli Chump, oh by the way, I bought a bottle of your blazing buffalo sauce and Cajun rub, both were excellent!

This is a nice step up from the Oztops style wines and ciders made in Australia with straight bottled juice and a little white wine or champagne yeast (although it was amazing how you could make a decent sparkling Lambrusco-sttyle red to smash at a bbq in just 48 hours with two ingredients). Interesting that the instructions that came with the special CO2 release lids warned against trying to ferment citrus and pineapple juice, but you're getting great results. I'm guessing the yeast nutrient helps a lot. Definitely going to give this a go!

I will have to try this ChilliChump. Thank you for sharing your recipe and process.

Thanks again Chilli I watched your other video on home brewing a while back and enjoyed this one also. Cheers

Awesomeness!! This video is going viral 🤣👌🏻👍🏻

Omg I didn’t know you were in the uk. I like you even more now. Most of my fave KZfaqrs seem to live abroad with different climates to here, so their results don’t always mirror mine.

Brilliant work. Simple and looks like fun. Thanks for posting!

I've just used the recipe using grape juice, first time I've made wine. Turned out great! Thank you

40 years ago i made wine same way, experimented with pineapple juice, red and white grape, orange apple and so on, everyone loved it, but with red grape juice i had left over i put it in a used wine bottle not washed out, stuck a cork in it put it in the cupboard and forgot all about it, some weeks later heard a loud pop, the juice had fermented in the bottle, it was absolutely lovely a bit dry but really good

I like making wine out of jam. Wine made from blackcurrant jam is awesome. I have found that it clears surprisingly well. When I first tried it I thought it would end up quite cloudy because of the pectin but it came out clear as glass without the need to add clearing agents or racking repeatedly. I found 2 jars will make a gallon of wine that is about 8-9%abv. 4 jars will make a gallon that is up to 15% and has a much more concentrated flavor.

Appreciate you taking the time to make this brilliant video on home winemaking Thanks very much!

Yes, your video was definitely an inspiration for me to make cider!!! It's bottled, back-carbonated, & pasteurized as of this weekend. Now for the hard part - AGING... Please keep up the good work. Cheers!

Fun! I'll make sure to share with the lads in SA!! I think some of them will eat/ drink the raw ingredients as starters by now... their cravings are that strong!🥂😁

Lekker man! Guy from Cape Town who also lives in UK

Greetings! Your Chanel inspire me for make better salsas! Im mexican AND we love spicy and thanks for the fermetation recepies!

I mix the sugar and one liter of juice in a pan, then heat it to make ot disolve. It makes it very easy to get in the bottle and stop the sugar settling. Great video. I've only done a few batches of cider but didn't know about all the other ingredients and juices you can use. Thank you.

I made wine using raisins and sugar (1 lb each) in 4 lit water. Follow instructions of this video. I did not use black tea for tannins. Result was excellent white wine. It aged very well with time. I forgot a bottle for about 2 years. The result was extraordinary.

made wine and some mead a little over a year ago. its been aging for about a year now. people shouldn't be afraid to try this as it's pretty easy.

Thanks buddy! Very informative and helpful. Excellent flow of commentary! You have a nice voice quality as well!

I cannot tell you how useful your video was. Got me inspired to do some brewing and I'm now on day 4 of an apple cider.

My first homemade Wine was a Tea and Raisin. We were watching the Demijohn rather than the Tele but it did not start working until the next day ofcourse. I eventually used a 10 gallon Carboy and a couple of 5 gallon buckets for the main ferment of a mixture of Elderberry (mostly) apples and raisons. Assembled a good cellar never less than 60-70 bottles and that gives the Elderberry time to mature. In the between times I made gallon brews like this but it was in Cans at the time Orrange and pineapple I think, it is a long time ago. It was OK but a bit harsh relative to my normal output. The Elderberry and Apple would have given a Cote de Rhone a run for its money. That was 45 years ago. You have piqued my interest. Thanks.

Loving ur new haircut! I don’t drink alcohol that much but this is such a neat idea!

thanks mate, enjoy your vids, i'm already growing a few chilli plants and i think i will order in a few demi-jons to keep a good rotation going at all times!

Yup.. Thailand also went through a three week spell of no alcohol sales. So that's when I started.. and then found out that it's far easier than I thought, with great results!

I crush and lightly biol raisins add sugar and yeast and always end up with a nice product (wash the raisins beforehand)

I do apple and grape with water, sugar, yeast, and raisins as a yeast nutrient to make a dry blush. It takes about 14 days to completely drop. I don't clear out the yeast so its also probiotic when I drink it. I also don't get a hangover from it :-)

I made this and bottled some. Three months later, it's fabulous!! Thank you x1000.

A great and straightforward video, thanks for sharing.

** Just a heads-up, I said in the video that 4 litres was 8 fl.oz....I meant to say 8 pints...8.5 pints to be exact ** I hope that you are all well! And for those who are under prohibition right now, I hope this quick and easy wine recipe will make the lock-down a little less dreary!

i made this using 5 alive tropical fruit juice,i also used a hand full of dried raisins ,sugar,pecitonaze and wine yeast and while it was fermenting i gave it a taste and it was slightly carbonated and alcoholic and tasted amazing as it still had some of the sweetness,would have drank it like that but i let it ferment till it cleared up and turned it into champagne by conditioning it in the bottle and using some artificial sweetener that also gave it a bit of that bitter tang you taste in sparkling wine ,tasted like the real thing made of grapes,no one believed me when i told them this was made from store bought fruit juice,they loved it

trying it atm. Putting the bentonite in at at the start is completely new to me. Looking at your end result, how clear your whine got, this is amazing. This way the airlock stays on the botle during the whole proces, including the clearing . This trick is great. Thanks for your great videos. They will help us getting through the second corona wave as well.😂💪👍

I just started experimenting. Right now I'm drinking some fermented Mango juice that I've made. I also have some Watermelon juice fermenting that I'm looking forward to drinking when it's done.

Wish I knew about this when I was in high school. lol

I like very dry and strong wine, as well as the same properties in cider. I haven't tried it yet, but my neighbor told me about a wine recipe he used to make before he had to give up alcohol due to some pills he had to start taking for some thyroid problems. He said his recipe makes extremely dry and strong wine and is made of fresh peach juice, hibiscus syrup, and pomelo juice...plus all of the other standard winemaking stuff that you showed off in the video. I just need to figure out where I can age wine, considering the fact that I already ferment so much kombucha, sauerkraut, and other lacto-veggies.

This is really awesome! Great job! I will definitely try this!

Yesterday, I drank my first homemade wine, based on your recipe... and it was not bad at all. Wine, here in Indonesia, is very expensive and now I made it for rp50.000(2.66£)... happy little camper. Thank you for making these video's and for the inspiration!

Thanks for the video I’m going to try this.

Thanks for the clear and well made video. I do some home distillation so I'm going to give this home made wine a try. I'm surprised that the bentonite went in at the start seeing as that it is a clarifying agent. If you are waiting weeks before bottling, there is a good chance the wash is clarifying naturally seeing as I'd expect the bentonite to have settled early in the piece. Also with the glycerine in at the start, I guess it doesn't really matter, but doing it later allows a bit of experimenting. All good either way.

I made dandelion wine many years ago. (Very illegal at the time, and I was underage as well) I stored the bottles for over five years. I gave my grandmother a couple of bottles at her 80th birthday. It was better then the finest sherry...

Very enjoyable video lesson this morning Shaun! Had you ever reduced such a home wine to use in cooking? Something like maybe a butter / reduced wine sauce for basting meats or wings prior to adding one of your sauces to? Your growing season seems well under way there. Here there was frost again this morning with a couple of freezes yet to pass thru Sun / Mon nights. Stay Spicy! Happy Gardening! -Bob...

This is great, cant wait to try it.

This method works Amazingly, I have tried it and it's 👍👍👍, although I have found it takes me 4weeks to have a good wine both in terms of taste and appearance. But it's amazing the wine am making is way better than the shelf wines I have been buying.

Thank you! I think I'll go for blueberry juice. Stay safe and stay spicy :-)

The sediment at the bottom is not all "dead yeast" there is a process to wash the sediment at the bottom for reuse. I'd go with "cold crashing" instead of bentonite, which is basically mud. Cold crashing is easy enough, just put it in a refrigerator or as close to freezing as possible for 2-3 days after fermentation is complete, and the yeast will drop out of suspension.

Very nice, I will have to try this. Thanks for sharing.

Great Video. I also enjoyed your presentation of the process. First time I have heard about adding the tannins. I may try that on my next batch. Florida, USA

Here in the UK they started selling frozen "berries" for making smoothies in recent years. Which are a good thing to make fruit wines from, and you can get them all year round.

As a norwegian i have to make 1 years suply of hobo juce in 3 months

Thanks for your quick reply, I’ll try less sugar. I’ve been watching you for around 3 years and followed a lot of your chilli recipes, mainly fermented ones. My friends all love em , so thanks.

Very well made video mate! Thanks for the education. I can't wait to try 😁🤪

I have a few different recipes for homemade wine. One of my favorites is 2/3 grape juice and 1/3 apple juice. Another thing that is nice is make a mead instead. For a nice 1 gallon elderberry mead recipe I use 46 ounces of honey, 4 ounces of dried elderberries, and enough water to bring the volume up to the same volume that you had this one at.

Great video i got 40 kilo of grapes to use

This was a great DIY wine video. I checked out your other videos and am happy to subscribe- thumbs up.

This is the first winemaking video I ever watched (about 6 months ago) and I have been making wine ever since. 🙂

I love it! please become independent from the need to go and buy your alcohol you can make it cheap and easy. The more you do it the easier it becomes to make. This is across the board for all your food.

My goto recipe: 4 pounds of frozen blueberries 3 pounds of sugar 1 gallon of water. D-47 Wyeast yeast nutrient. Be advised you need at least a 2 gallon jug to ferment in. The blueberries add volume. Should end up with about 1.25 gallons when racked.

Thank you i learned something new.

Wow I didn't think you could do this with shop-bought juices due to additives? Brilliant, thanks!

Meanwhile in Australia Alcohol was classified as an Essential Service.

Prohibition on the sale of alcohol during a pandemic lockdown? That's just meeeeean!

this is exactly the process my partner and i use to make mead, but fruit juice instead of honey. will def be sharing this with him.

best video on home brewing ever :) thanks

In Finland this type of wine is called "kilju"

If you don't have a proper fermentation lock, you can use a plain latex balloon with a pin prick hole in the end, strecth it over the end of your jug and you are good to go.

Nice simple recipe thanks Chillichump. Made a lemon wine once and that was...OMG!

Love the time lapse bit. Cool to see.

Feeling our pain! My wine is 12 days old right now and i think its almost ready

Use brewing sugar (if you can find it) as all the sugar ferments - normal granulated sugar contains non fermentable sugars that remain in the wine and leave it sweeter

Bit late to the party but this video really got me started on my wine making journey. I've finally started bottling some very decent wine and this has helped a lot.

Hell yeah, Shaun! Sticking it to the man!

My grandmother used to make her own whine and it was beloved by the community as she grew older and could not manage everything by herself I became her helper. Imagine my surprise as a 14 year old boy who would rather be working on cars to find that her wonderful whine had no grapes, no juice of any kind, just water sugar, yeast and the magic ingredient Kool-Aid.

It would be intressting to experiment with this recipe and add differend chillies in it to get a differend flavour profile and mouth feel.!.

Hi, followed your instructions, made 3.5 L of summer fruits, bottled it today, tastes great, thank you very much.

Cheers for the upload.

Obviously the ones who will replicate this the most will be us South Africans. 😁

Vegetable glycerin? I bet you can get that in vape stores. It's 70% in most juices.

I thought that was a great video. I have never heard of those other additives. Thank you 👍

Inspiring makes me want to give it a go

I used to make this in an Aussie prison. 🤣🤣 $20 a glass. Hahahaha