A Neophyte's Guide To Wine Making: The Sequel.

 

Now there was only two days left for day 21. I have filtered the wine by using a sieve. It was fun to strain. Not something I usually do. It reminded me about how I make tomato puree. After filtration, I transferred it to another container. The leftover waste was again put in the glass jar, as there was still some remaining wine to be filtered. That is what we are supposed to keep for two days as well. The pulp and the water should be kept separately.

This process for me was not as fun as I thought. It was honestly boring. I didn’t even feel like writing anything since everything was clear in my part 1of wine-making.

I filtered the wine again. I tasted it and it was bitter. But wine is supposed to be bitter. If you don’t like it bitter, you can add sugar or mix it with some cranberry juice. The wine I made turned out good.

So, I even tried the wine given by my neighbor. Since I didn’t have a wine glass, I used a teacup. Basically you are supposed to drink sip by sip with cheese or no cheese. I usually have wine at night. I poured myself some in a teacup and just when I was about to drink, my friend messaged me to play pubg and I ended up having the wine in one go. As soon as I sipped it I could feel the burning sensation in my throat. A wave of warmth I felt in my body just like someone snuggling me. I also felt something unusual a while later. After researching online I got to know the effects of wine in our body.

I realized I was feeling funny and I kept laughing for a while. Then I went to sleep and woke up late. Usually in my house there is always noise, lights switched on and fan switched off in the morning but I slept through it all.

Something weird happened; my mother was shocked to learn that wine is an alcoholic beverage. LOL. Because my mother asked my brother to try it, my brother replied jokingly, that he has stopped having alcoholic drinks. That same night we were on a group video call with my Cousin’s family. We all were having a gala time. My mom mentioned about what happened to me. They all were just making fun and laughing. It was something unexpected for me. They were curious about the process and wanted to know more. So now I am going to have to make a huge batch of wine, the next time I am visiting them. 

My brother took some wine for his friends and one of them has given me a review on it.

“Smells like Rum Cake, which makes you want to taste it.Tastes like really good, after taste is also pretty decent and you can feel the alcohol at the back of your throat.”

I would recommend to whoever reading this, to make wine at home rather than buying it. After this experience I realized it’s much more feasible to make it at home than buying it for an expensive price.

Wine should be consumed in moderation like one glass a day. I was quite dehydrated after drinking it, so drank water to re-hydrate myself.

The picture shows how much wine I got after filtration. I had the wine with some cube of cheese, fryums and chocolates. I reused a milkshake glass jar to store my wine.