To get started, my uncle has allowed me to pick some of his grapes. It was supposed to be a rainy day the next day so I waited until there was no rain forecasted.
Picking them wasn’t as easy as I thought; next time I’ll have to get either the rose or the vine to get its own place!
The next day I decided to prepare them. First I had to get the grapes off of the stems, and filter out the moldy ones, as well as anything that looked like it didn’t belong. After, touching more snails than I have in my life, I was done preparing…
Next, I mashed them in groups with a potato masher and put everything into an apple press. The result was a very nice colored juice, and soon was the press as well.
I wanted to leave the juice natural this time so I decided not to sterilize the juice with a tablet. Instead, I only used artificial yeast. If it works I think it will leave a much more interesting taste.
I also put the pulp in a bag made of muslin. Here’s the result:
What it looked like at the end of yesterday.
Here's what it looks like now.
Looks like something is working!