Strawberry Wine Recipe

If strawberry wine recipes abound on the Internet, it is more particularly due to the fact that such wines are really easy to be made. Therefore, strawberry wine has become popular among the range of wine lovers as well as amateurs.

Are you a wine amateur? Then you know that it's hard to find strawberry wine in stores; therefore, you might be compelled to make wine out of strawberries at home.

What if you definitely want to get a bottle of ready-made strawberry wine? Then go run a search on the Internet and find a fruit wine supplier. Plenty of producers are displaying their strawberry wine products and from there you can order for some.

The first thing you will take note of is that strawberry wine needs to age 6 months up to 1 year in the cellar or in a dark and cool room, therefore, don't expect to drink it as soon as you're done with the preparation :)

Ingredients you need to make homemade strawberry wine:

• 6.6 pounds (3 kg) mashed fresh strawberries
• 4.95 pounds (2 kg) sugar
• 2.08 (8 l) gallons water
• 1/2 tsp wine yeast
• 1/2 tsp grape tannin
• 1 lemon juice
• 1 large bowl - it must support boiling water; may be a glass bowl, a crockpot or even a large enamel pot
• 1 fine sieve or special linen cloth to filter ingredients
• 1 piece of linen fabric to cover the mixture during maceration

Directions to make your own wine out of strawberries:

• Boil the water
• Pour strawberries puree in the large bowl
• Add freshly boiled hot water, sugar, lemon juice and mix for a few minutes
• Cover the bowl with the piece of linen fabric
• Put the bowl in a dark, dry and cool place such as the cellar

Making strawberry wine - What to do during the first weeks:

• The very next day, add wine yeast and grape tannin
• Let the mixture marinate, stirring each day
• At the end of the first week, sift the mixture to remove strawberry pulp and place in a clean container
• Replace the bowl in the cellar for 1 or 2 weeks and keep stirring each day
• After 10/20 days, transfer the mixture in air sealed glass containers
• Place the bottles in the cellar for 3 whole months.

After three months, fermentation is supposed to be complete, therefore, you can transfer the liquid into clean wine glass bottles and wait a few additional months before drinking. Remember to filter the liquid whenever needed before making the transfer. Wait a few additional months before drinking.

Producing strawberry wine, is very easy to do. For those who would want to give a try and make wine out of strawberries at home, that type of wine is exactly what its name indicates: a wine that leaves the flavor and taste of strawberries in mouth and that has a certain alcoholic level.

Strawberries are fruits that ferment all by themselves; which eases the process of producing strawberry wine. In order to have a pleasant taste, it is recommended to allow strawberry wine fermentation in an air sealed container so as not to alter its taste.

To complete the process of a good and flavorful homemade strawberry wine, the addition of citric acid (lemon juice), sugar, wine yeast, water as well as nutrients will be enough.

Be cautious when you drink strawberry wine: you might end up getting drunk as this type of wine contains alcohol. Although I recommend to serve strawberry wine with desserts, strawberry wine can also be used as an entrée for the party as it reacts exactly as champagne reacts. Another idea is to serve strawberry wine at a barbecue party.

As an amateur you can try making strawberry wine, it just requires a little bit of patience so that you can obtain a really tasty wine that has a unique flavor for a drink that is as old as time: wine.