White Wine from a Carton

You will need

• Pure white grape juice (100% juice, NO preservative)4 L
• Sugar (optional)up to 500 g
• White wine yeast1 sachet

Method

1. 1

   Sanitise your demijohn, airlock and spoon and rinse them — the one habit that decides whether a wine is good.

2. 2

   Check the juice has no preservative (no potassium sorbate) or it will not ferment.

3. 3

   Pour the juice into the demijohn, stir in the sugar if you want more strength, and take a gravity reading.

4. 4

   Add the yeast, fit the airlock, keep it warm.

5. 5

   When the bubbling stops it is dry; let it settle clear and rack it off the sediment.

6. 6

   Bottle. A crisp white for the price of a carton of juice — the twin of the red first wine.