How Do You Make Red Currant Wine?
Red currant wine is a delicious wine, though it takes patience to make and time to age before you can enjoy it. This wine goes with almost any meal. The following steps will show you how make your own red currant wine. Strip 3 pounds of red currants of their stems and leaves. Wash them thoroughly and crush well in a wine press or juicer. Place the juice and crushed red currants into the primary fermenter. Boil 6 ½ pints of water and pour into the primary fermentor. Let the mixture sit overnight. Strain the mixture through a nylon straining bag and put the strained juice back into the primary fermentor. Squeeze the bag well to get every bit of juice out of it that you can. Throw the bag and pulp out after the juice is removed. Add 2 ¾ pounds of granulated sugar into the fermentor and stir well. Place ½ teaspoon of pectic enzyme, 1 teaspoon of yeast nutrient and 1 crushed campden tablet into the mixture and stir. Let it sit in the fermentor for 12 hours. Place activated wine yeast into t
