Mar 16 2011
Winery – Wine – Making Wine in Colorado
A winemakers account of making wine in the Colorado Rockies.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Tony Spinelli Sr., of Seymour, Connecticut, an expert at making homemade wine from storebought grape juice, shows and explains how. Tip: use Manishevitz grapejuice for best results….closest thing to fresh-pressed grapes. May also buy pre-pressed vineyard juices for authentic Cabernets, etc. To purchase the written recipe and instructions from the producer, PayPal to tspin59@yahoo.com, and the recipe will be quickly emailed to you!
Excellent video, good examples and well explained. Very interesting. Thanks for uploading and looking forward for the next video. Cheers
At 4:11, anyone know the name of the chemical hes using to kill the organic yeast?
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Nice video….
good vid
Really Great Job on this video. I look forward to paying a visit to try some of your wine this year. At what altitude are the source of your grapes grown? Do you add diluted (50ppm) or undiluted sulphite powder pre-fermentation? In the video it appeared to be powder; unless that was an enzyme addition like ColorX. What do you do when faced with a low PH?
This is a really enjoyable video. Love way you show the different grapes, discuss the technical ways that grapes become wine but also how a lot of very interesting behind the scene looks at the work that also goes into wine making. Hope you will make other videos.
Great video, would really like to travel to see this. Hope you will do additional videos.
Fun video. All those grapes look great!
loved the video
I’m going to look for you in my local wine shop. Cheer!
Does the grape pulp break down in the process, or is it removed? I’ve never had pulpy grape juice or wine, is why I ask. Thanks in advance.
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I enjoyed the video.
i am sitting here drinking a bottle of white zinfandel made by gallo that was 4$ and i wanted to make my own apple wine . how much is their wine?
It dosent say they the grapes are from Colorado, they look really good and at 25 brix Id bet theyre not. Theres nothing wrong with how hes making the wine, the fruit looked good so whos to say its not good wine?
Thats a pretty broad statement, we have a ways to go, but there are some wines coming out of Colorado that rival the big boys around the world. The potential is there in terms of grape quality, we just need the winemakers to step it up with some serious education. In 10 years, you will eat those words.
good video. too bad colorado wine sucks!
Since you are speaking with a lab technician, I would think you might want to ask more ?’s on the science side of making wine. Some I might suggest: What are the different kinds of acid that you need to consider when making wine? How do you measure these acids and what levels make for the best wine? What can spoil wine and how can you prevent or detect this? How does ph tie into wine making? Are there different results for white wine verses red wine?
Hi there, I’ve got an interview as a laboratory technician in a winery company, could you give me any tips in the interview or any questions i could ask about wine and how its made and whats the most important parts of making wine? thankyou ever so much
Simon
it evaporates as CO2 gas, liquide nitrogen evaporates as nitrogen gas
Hey Jon, So I am sittin here taking a break from my studies down here in Adelaide…Type in “winemaking” just for grins…and this pops up…Great little video, Hope all things are well back in CO. Cheers, Tim Donahue
fantastic post, this is great
Is any available for sale??? where do i get it and what is it called?
not only did i enjoy the video, but have recently visited the winery itself! Great Work…you too Robin!
What i do not understand is why people want strong wine..Wine is supposed to be 10 to 14 percent alcohol….If you want anything stronger then drink vodka…
@scottohscott You are 100% correct….The only wat to make strong hard whiskey is by distilling….
@46spine The purpose of distillation is to turn the alcohol to steam, then catch that steam as liquid consentrated alcohol. You’re right that there are specialized yeasts that can ferment up to 20% or so, but you’re not going to make hard whiskey from simple fermentation.
@scottohscott Distilling wine only removes the alcohol from the wine…It does not make wine stronger..Only fortifying the wine with brandy will increase the level of alcohol in your wine…you can use a yeast that will tolerate a stronger alcohol..
If you distill wine you get ethanol alcohol from it….You will no longer have wine..If you want a stronger wine you must fortify the wine with brandy to bring the alcohol level higher..
@happee1 The juice needs to be brought up to about 25% sugar to get the max benefit. Depending on what kind of yeast you use, all the yeast will be killed off by the alcohol when it reaches somewhere between 10 – 16% ABV. To get anything stronger than that, you’d have to distill it, which is highly illegal and very dangerous.
do you use less or more sugar to make a stronger alcohol wine?
where do you buy a hydrometer? thanks
lol….Evolution on the TV….That wine wasn’t created……It evolved into wine…..
@spoiledrotten58 Will the tv spoil the wine:)
You really ought to turn off the television while doing a video on wine making!
@46spine True,but you can use organic grape juice. I’m sure it’s the exact same thing.
@fight2Bfree LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL:)
Ive made some kick ass beverage by accident. I forgot some grape juice in a cooler and it started hissing after a few weeks. I opened it and found some nice wine cooler with natural carbonation. Its that simple.The original juice had extra sugar I like my grape juice sweet. The hardest part about making home make wine is waiting for it.
@captianusa You will need an acid test kit to determine the acid level that you now have…..then from that point you will calculate the amount that will be added to the mix.
@46spine
How do you know what is the proper amount of acid blend ? (Per Gallon)
Welches makes a “Black Cherry / Concord Grape” juice that is 100 % juice. No additives or preservatives. I am making a 3 gallon batch of Mead with it now, Its almost finished. I had a little taste, Its fantastic.
Squeezing the juice from grapes is the proper way to make wine….but if you choose to make it from regular drinking juice then you must check the sugar and the acid content of the juice..This is very important in good winemaking….If you decide to use the bottle juice from the supermarket boil it for 5 minutes to eliminate any sorbate in the juice…..add the proper amount of sugar plus acid blend plus good wine yeast…..
@greenorange75 Grapejuice is the number one juice for winemaking…you can make wine from other store juice but you may have to add more sugar to the juice….it all depends on the sugar content of the juice that you purchase….you also have to check the acid level of the juice that you will be making your wine with..
Does it work with any juice or just grape juice?
If you use store grapejuice you will add approximately 15 ounces of sugar for every gallon of juice…This will make a finished wine of 12 to 13 percent alcohol content..
I would have to say EC-1118 is some of the best yeast I have seen thats what I use in my video if you wanna see it just check my youtube channel
The strength of your alcohol percentage will depend on what your yeast will tolerate before it dies off….The strongest that you can ferment naturally is about 18 percent with special yeast…any strength greater then 18 percent alcohol must be done by fortification of the wine.
Check the sugar content of your juice…..
@DJSexLeopard You can purchase yeast on ebay or at a wine supply store in your area…..The type of yeast will depend on the alcohol level that you are trying to achive…..Montrachet is a great yeast……
Where do you get the yeast? What species is it called that you use? Thanks.