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Food & Fermentation

Winemaking

Ferment your first sound, drinkable wine from grape or fruit

12 lessons4 modules9h 25m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

About this course

Learn to produce sound, drinkable wine at home using the same chemistry and process control that commercial cellars rely on, scaled to a kitchen or garage. You will work with juice kits, store-bought juice, and fresh fruit, and learn to manage sulphur dioxide, choose yeast strains, run primary and secondary fermentation, rack off sediment, fine for clarity, and bottle with corks or closures. Every step is anchored to measurable targets such as specific gravity, pH, and free SO2 so you can repeat your successes.

Curriculum

Module 1: Getting Started: Equipment, Sanitation, and Reading a Must3 lessons
Module 2: Sulphites and Yeast: Protecting and Driving the Ferment3 lessons
  • Sulphur Dioxide: Dose, Timing, and Free SO2 Targets🔒50m
  • Choosing and Rehydrating Wine Yeast🔒45m
  • Yeast Nutrition and Fermentation Temperature🔒45m
Module 3: Fermentation, Racking, and Clarification3 lessons
  • Primary and Secondary Fermentation Step by Step🔒50m
  • Racking: Getting the Wine Off the Lees🔒45m
  • Fining and Clarification for Brilliant Wine🔒45m
Module 4: Stabilising, Bottling, and Troubleshooting3 lessons
  • Stabilising and Back-Sweetening Before the Bottle🔒45m
  • Bottling, Corking, and Storage🔒50m
  • Diagnosing and Preventing Common Faults🔒50m
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