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Question by  Wells (23)

How long does it take to make wine?

I think I would like to try making wine.

 
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Answer by  Zaka (2315)

Just enough time to allow the yeast to ferment the sugars in the grape juice. That can vary, but should take no more than a week.

 
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Answer by  DGuillen74 (118)

Making wine at home would be a very long process. Its not impossible, but it will require patience and time. First, is growing the grapes. Next, you would have to squeeze the juice. Then, you would have to ferment the juice. Next, you will have to begin the aging process. This will require major patience! Finally, the filteration process. Enjoy!

 
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Answer by  serendip (408)

As soon as fruit juice begins to ferment, it is wine. As the sugar is converted to alcohol, the wine becomes more alcoholic. At a cool temperature, this may take months. At a warm temperature, fermentation my finish in 1-2 weeks. After fermentation is complete, move clear wine off of the solids in the bottom of your fermentation container.

 
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Answer by  Spock (261)

The actual hands-on work takes about three hours, give or take. But you'll spend weeks, months, or even years, waiting for your wine to mature to the point where you want to drink it. If you have the patience to wait, this could be a rewarding hobby for you.

 
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Answer by  Zaka (2315)

It depends on the wine, the grapes/ materials and your tolerance for bad wine. Usually to be classified as wine you simply need grape juice to ferment.

 
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Answer by  JohnHolmes (2660)

You can make it in as little as a few weeks but most bottled wines sit for many months or years before they are consumed. There are ways to make it set faster as well as taste better. Your local library will usually have a wealth of information on different ways to achieve this.

 
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Answer by  AnnaTeague (806)

Making a basic wine at home is fairly easy, and the fermentation process takes a few days, perhaps two weeks. A good winemaking kit will have a thermometer and a gauge to test your wine's progress. The one thing that you cannot do very well with homemade wine is aging. Storing it in the bottle does not age your wine.

 
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Answer by  MrsWahlberg (90)

Wine making is a rather long process, for a perfect product. After all you need to start with growing grapes. A Grapeplant take years to mature into fruit producing vines.

 
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Answer by  salsafoodie (3146)

The process usually takes up to a day to complete with the grapes fermentation. However, many wines wait up to six months depending on the quality you are looking to produce and the more age on the wine the better so the longer you keep up with the grapes the better.

 
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Answer by  Amber40 (24961)

A basic wine takes very little time to make. However to make the wine taste good it will take several years to mature. Most people say that a wine will only get better with age under the correct conditions.

 
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