Wine or technical grape varieties are grown not only in industrial quantities for the production of wine products, juices and nectars. Gardeners and owners of private plots are cultivating berries for making homemade wines, liqueurs and liqueurs. Wine made from Lydia grapes has an unusual taste and aroma, which is why it is in great demand among lovers of grape drinks.
Features of making wine from Lydia grapes
Hybrid grapes of the Lydia variety are preferable to grow in regions with a dry, hot climate. It is in the southern latitudes that the concentration of sugars in ripe fruits reaches 18%, and acids - up to 9.5 grams per liter of juice. Therefore, when making wine, secondary grape raw materials do not require additional adjustments.
The main feature of the variety is that the fruit contains a large amount of pectin, which is converted into methyl alcohol during the fermentation process. No methylene content was detected in fresh berries, juices and nectars.
Although methyl alcohol is contained in any alcoholic product, the concentration of harmful substances during the fermentation of Lydia grapes significantly exceeds the norm.
Important! Due to the increased methylene content, wines from the Lydia grape variety are recommended to be consumed in measured quantities so as not to cause serious alcohol poisoning in the body.
Tips for choosing ingredients
To get a high-quality and tasty drink, you need to familiarize yourself with the technology for preparing homemade wine in advance.
- The vessels for fermenting the future drink are chosen from glass, wood or stainless steel. Enameled containers are also suitable. But it is not recommended to use aluminum containers for wort fermentation.
- Ripe pods are harvested in dry, clear weather. If grapes for making wine are purchased at the market, the berries are carefully sorted, sorting out spoiled, wrinkled and unripe fruits.
- Before making wine, the berries are not washed, since the skin of the grapes contains yeast fungi that control the fermentation process of the must.
- To obtain soft, light drinks, the berries are separated from the grape stems.
If you want to get a rich, tart drink, leave the ridges when making the wort.
How to make grape wine from Lydia at home
There are many recipes for making homemade wine from Lydia grapes. Young wine always acquires a pleasant pink hue; If the wort has fermented, the drink will turn brown.
Simple recipe
Making a tasty and healthy grape drink is not difficult, but it takes time to ripen the wine.
To make dry wine from Lydia grapes, you will need 10 kilograms of fruit and 2.5 kilograms of sugar.
- Pick the berries from the ridges, place them in a wide container and mash thoroughly with a wooden masher or your hands.
- Transfer the resulting mass into a glass container with a wide neck, add 150 grams of sugar and mix thoroughly.
- Cover the container with grape must with gauze or cloth and place in a dark room for 3 days.
- The temperature is maintained within 16-18 degrees.
- At the end of the period, the grape must is poured into containers for further fermentation.
- The bottles are covered with a special device - a water seal, or rubber gloves with a hole in the finger, and placed in a dark room with the same temperature regime.
- Sugar for making the drink is divided into 3 equal parts, which are added to bottles of wine every 5 days.
- After adding sugar, the liquid is thoroughly mixed and left for further fermentation.
- After a month, the fermentation processes will stop and the gloves will fall off.
- The young wine is drained through special tubes, leaving a layer of cloudy sediment at the bottom of the container.
The resulting drink is bottled and sent to mature in a dark, cool room for 90-120 days.
From frozen grapes
Step-by-step recipe for making Lydia wine from frozen fruits.
You will need 15 kilograms of frozen berries, 1.5 kilograms of sugar and 150 grams of wine yeast.
- Frozen grapes are crushed using a blender.
- The crushed mass is squeezed out.
- The resulting juice is mixed with yeast, covered with gauze and placed in a dark, warm room.
- After 3 days, as soon as the fermentation process begins, sugar is added to the wort and mixed thoroughly.
- A rubber glove is pulled over the bottle of drink and sent to a dark, warm room.
After 1.5 months, the young wine is poured into bottles and sent for 90-120 days to mature in a dark, cool place.
With raisins
To prepare a homemade wine drink from Lydia grapes with raisins, follow the instructions of the classic recipe.
While the containers with the squeezed juice are waiting for the fermentation process to begin, 300 grams of raisins are placed in a small amount of water and 100 grams of sugar are added. Place the container with raisins in a warm place and leave for 5 days.
As soon as fermentation processes have begun in a jar of raisins, the mixture is poured with grape juice, poured into fermentation containers and left in a dark, warm place for 60 days.
Next, the wine drink is bottled and sent to ripen in a cool room.
Fortified with sugar
To make a fortified wine drink, you will need 10 kilograms of fruit and 1200 grams of sugar. You will also need additional sugar at the rate of 100 grams per liter of fermented juice.
The fruits are kneaded in a wide container and left for 3 days in a dark, warm room. The wort is mixed with sugar and placed in fermentation containers covered with a water seal or rubber glove.
After the fermentation process has stopped, the wine is filtered and the remaining sugar is added at the rate of 100 grams per liter of liquid. Fortified wine is aged for at least 60 days.
With alcohol or vodka
Homemade wine drink Lydia with the addition of alcohol or vodka is made based on a classic recipe. When bottling young wine, add 10 milliliters of pure alcohol to each liter of drink.
Bottles of wine are placed in a warm room for 14 days, after which they are transferred to a cool, dark place and kept for 99-120 days.
With honey
A wine drink with honey is also prepared according to the classic recipe, only 2 tablespoons of honey are added to the wort along with sugar.
Advice! To get a stronger drink when bottling, vodka or alcohol is added to the wine.
With apple
In order for the wine to acquire an apple taste and aroma, several pieces of apples are added to the wort during the fermentation process, changing them every 4-5 days for fresh ones.
Storage rules
After bottling, the bottles with the drink are corked and placed in a dark, cool room.
Store bottles in a horizontal position so that the corks are constantly moistened and do not dry out.
Features of use
During fermentation, Lydia grapes release an increased concentration of methyl alcohol, which can cause severe alcohol poisoning. But if you don’t overuse homemade wine, wine made from the fruits of the Lydia variety will bring health benefits and keep you in a great mood.
It is best to serve this wine slightly chilled, to a temperature of at least 15 degrees.
