Homemade black grape wine
A very simple homemade wine: black grapes crushed, sugar, boiled and cooled water, and a small amount of yeast, all fermented together for twenty-one days.
This dark grape wine is made in a large vat, using crushed grapes, sugar, water, and a small amount of yeast. The fermentation process takes approximately three weeks before the wine is bottled.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time20 min
- Cook time—
- Resting504 hr
- Total504 hr 20 min
- DifficultyMedium
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodfermentation
- Estimated cost$9.28 $0.93 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten-free
Ingredients
people
- $8.16
- $1.12
Prices from US supermarkets for 1 of 2 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- In a clean, sterilized jar, combine the slightly crushed grapes, yeast, sugar, and cooled, boiled water.
- Mix thoroughly and securely close the jar opening with a cloth tied around it. ≈ 4 min
- Every morning, open the jar and mix well, then close it again. Continue doing this for a week. ≈ 4 min
- After two weeks, thoroughly mash the grapes and filter the liquid. ≈ 4 min
- Pour le verser à nouveau dans the jar. ≈ 3 min
- After twenty-one days, bottle the wine: it is now ready to be consumed. ≈ 3 min
The bill
Homemade black grape wine
- 2 kg of black grapes$8.16
- 1 kilogram of sugar, dissolved in water$1.12
Total$9.28
that's $0.93 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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