Hello all.
I've not really been active in this corner of the forum, so may name may be new to a lot of you. I have been homebrewing for almost 30 years now, and my related hobbies include control and automation for the brewing process. I say this not to try to impress anyone, but to give a basis upon which you can help me build.
I have never made "real" wine. I've made Skeeter Pee, mead, apple wine, "Wenches Wine" (Welches grape juice) ... things that are wine technically, but which are recipes and not necessarily teaching me anything about winemaking.
My wife asked me to make her some wine. "Shoot, that's easy!" So, I intrepidly bought some appropriate yeast (D47), and a wine kit (Pinot Grigio). Now, I have NO idea what to do.
So is this fermented as-is? Is it concentrate? Do I have to do any acidity balancing? I know there's no boiling so do I use Campden?
I'd look for a book (and ask for a recommendation) but shipping times are ridiculous these days. Can anyone help get me started or point me to an online resource that's akin to "Winemaking for Dummies?"
ETA: Or a Kindle book, that's fine too!
My goal is to hurry up and get this into a fermenter. Maybe I'm ready, maybe I'm not.
I've not really been active in this corner of the forum, so may name may be new to a lot of you. I have been homebrewing for almost 30 years now, and my related hobbies include control and automation for the brewing process. I say this not to try to impress anyone, but to give a basis upon which you can help me build.
I have never made "real" wine. I've made Skeeter Pee, mead, apple wine, "Wenches Wine" (Welches grape juice) ... things that are wine technically, but which are recipes and not necessarily teaching me anything about winemaking.
My wife asked me to make her some wine. "Shoot, that's easy!" So, I intrepidly bought some appropriate yeast (D47), and a wine kit (Pinot Grigio). Now, I have NO idea what to do.
So is this fermented as-is? Is it concentrate? Do I have to do any acidity balancing? I know there's no boiling so do I use Campden?
I'd look for a book (and ask for a recommendation) but shipping times are ridiculous these days. Can anyone help get me started or point me to an online resource that's akin to "Winemaking for Dummies?"
ETA: Or a Kindle book, that's fine too!
My goal is to hurry up and get this into a fermenter. Maybe I'm ready, maybe I'm not.