Peach wine

Peach wine is equally pleasing on a hot summer afternoon, giving a gentle and invigorating coolness, and on a frosty winter evening, dipping into memories of a sunny summer. While making it right at home is not the easiest of tasks, all efforts will be rewarded with an easy-to-drink drink with a pronounced taste of your favorite fruit.

How to make peach wine

Winemaking, in general, is a real mystery, but in the case of peach wine, many details acquire additional depth.

After all, peach fruits themselves, despite their delicate taste and attractive aroma, can hardly be called a suitable raw material for making wine.

1. First, there is practically no acid in them, which means that it is difficult to start the fermentation process itself.
2. Secondly, peaches are also distinguished by the almost complete absence of tannins, which are necessary to obtain quality wine.
3. Finally, on the surface of their peel, in addition to wild yeast, there may be many more “associates” unfavorable for winemaking, especially when it comes to processed imported fruits.

But all these difficulties are easily overcome, but the result is able to attract the attention of any lover of homemade alcoholic beverages.

How to choose suitable peaches for winemaking

Of course, a wine made from so-called wild peaches will have the best qualities. They are still found here and there in the southern regions of the country, but it is not easy to find them. When choosing the right variety on the market or in the store, the following considerations should be followed:

1. It is advisable to abandon imported representatives of the peach family, because they are necessarily treated with a variety of chemicals for better preservation and beautiful appearance.
2. You should not choose fruits that are perfect in shape, the most delicious peaches are always a little asymmetrical.
3. The color of the peaches can tell a lot too. Dark varieties have a more intense aroma, but lighter ones are the sweetest in taste. It is best to combine these two characteristics in wine, therefore, they usually choose half of light and half of dark fruits.
4. The density of quality peaches should be medium. Small pressing on the peel can leave dents on it.
5. In general, fully ripe natural peaches have a very intense aroma that remains even on the palms after holding the fruit in them.
6. It is this scent that becomes very attractive to insects. If bees or wasps are hovering around the fruit stall, the peaches are most likely of good quality.
7. The seed can also tell about the quality of the fruit. If you break one of the peaches and the stone inside turns out to be dry and even half-open, then such fruits have been processed more than once with chemistry and it is unsafe to use them raw.
8. And, of course, the peaches should not show any signs of rot, damage, dark or black spots and dots.Such fruits are not suitable for making wine, but they can be processed using high temperatures for jam.

Rules and secrets of making peach wine

To make peach wine truly tasty and healthy, you need to pay attention to the following points:

1. Do not deal with metal utensils during the manufacturing process. Containers should be either glass or wood, in a pinch, plastic or enamel (less desirable).
2. Even for chopping peaches, it is undesirable to use metal accessories (kitchen blender, meat grinder or knife). It is better to chop the fruit with your hands in sterile disposable gloves or use a ceramic knife. Otherwise, bitterness may appear in the finished drink.
3. No synthetic detergents are used to wash and rinse the vessels in which future peach wine will ferment and store. Use only a solution of water and baking soda. It perfectly removes all unwanted odors and impurities.
4. Fruit intended for winemaking should not be washed. Wild yeast can remain on the surface of their peel, without which the fermentation process cannot be started.
   Comment! True, in the case of making peach wine, it is better to play it safe and add special wine yeast (usually about 1-2 g of yeast is used per 1 liter of the obtained juice).
5. The lack of acid in peaches is usually replenished by adding citric acid, and even better, freshly squeezed lemon juice.
6. The sugar content in peaches is also not enough for full fermentation, so it is also added to wine must without fail.

How to make classic peach wine

According to this recipe, the proposed components are enough to make about 18 liters of peach wine.

You will need:

• 6 kg of ripe peach fruits;
• 4.5 kg of granulated sugar;
• about 18 liters of water;
• squeezed juice from 5 lemons;
• 1 bag of wine yeast;
• 1.25 tsp wine tannin (you can replace 5-6 teaspoons of black tea brew).

Manufacturing:

1. The fruits are sorted out, removing, if necessary, all spoiled specimens and wiping them in case of contamination with a damp cloth.
2. Remove seeds and chop by hand or with a ceramic knife.
3. Chopped peaches are placed in a bowl with a capacity of about 20 liters, which are poured over with clean filtered water at room temperature.
4. Add half of the prescription sugar, lemon juice, tannin or black tea and, if desired, 5 Campden crushed tablets.
5. Stir, cover with a clean napkin and leave in a cool place for 12 hours.
6. If necessary, add wine yeast after 12 hours and leave in a warm place without light for about a week to ferment.
7. Twice a day it is necessary to stir the contents of the vessel, each time melting the floating pulp.
8. After the end of the first stage of vigorous fermentation, the contents of the vessel are filtered through several layers of gauze, carefully squeezing the pulp.
9. Add the remaining amount of sugar, mix thoroughly and add water, if necessary, to bring the total content to 18 liters.
10. A water seal or an ordinary rubber glove with a hole in one finger is installed on the container.
11. Place the future peach wine for fermentation in a cool place without light.
12. Regularly (every 3-4 weeks), the drink must be carefully filtered, trying not to touch the sediment that forms at the bottom.
13. When the wine is fully clarified, you can taste it and add more sugar if desired.
14. If it is decided to add sugar, then a water seal is again installed on the vessel and kept in the same cool place for another 30-40 days.
15. Finally, the peach wine is filtered for the last time (removed from the sediment) and poured into prepared sterile bottles and tightly sealed.
16. To get the full flavor of the homemade peach drink, it should be kept in a cool place for another 5-6 months.

A simple recipe for homemade peach wine

Using a very simple technology, you can make sparkling wine with peach flavor at home.

This will require:

• 7 kg of pitted peach;
• 7 kg of granulated sugar;
• 7 liters of water;
• 1 liter of vodka.

Manufacturing:

1. Pure spring water is poured into a large glass dish or bottle.
2. Peaches are washed, pitted, cut into pieces and immersed in water.
3. Sugar and vodka are added there, mixed.
4. Leave the container in the sun or place it in the warmest place for fermentation.
5. Every day, the contents of the vessel must be stirred, achieving complete dissolution of the sugar.
6. After 2 weeks, all the fruits should be on top and the drink is filtered through several layers of gauze. Fruit residues are removed.
7. The strained wine is placed in the refrigerator, previously tightly sealed.
8. After a few days, the peach wine drink is filtered again, corked again and placed in a cool place without light for aging.
9. After 2 months, you can already try it.

Fermented Peach Wine

Fermented or simply sugared peach jam can be used to make excellent homemade wine. The main thing is that there are no traces of mold on the jam, since in this case it will need to be thrown away.

To put wine from fermented peaches, you will need:

• 1.5 kg of fermented peach jam;
• 1.5 liters of water;
• 1 cup granulated sugar;
• 1 tbsp. l. unwashed raisins.

Preparation:

1. The water is slightly warmed up to about + 40 ° C and mixed with fermented jam.
2. Add raisins and half the sugar.
3. Place everything in a suitable glass or plastic bottle (about 5 L).
4. A glove with a hole is put on the neck or a water seal is installed.
5. Place in a warm place without light for several weeks until the fermentation process is over.
6. After that, the drink is filtered, the remaining granulated sugar is added and the future wine is again put under a water seal.
7. After about a month, the wine is again carefully poured through a filter, without affecting the sediment at the bottom.
8. Poured into dry, clean bottles, sealed tightly and placed in a cool place for several months.

How to make peach juice wine

Using peach juice or even peach puree, you can make an interesting and light sparkling wine at home.

For this you will need:

• 1.5 liters of semi-sweet or dry champagne;
• 0.5 l of ready-made peach juice or peach puree.

If semi-sweet champagne is used, then no sugar can be added at all. Otherwise, another 100 g of granulated sugar is added to the composition of the ingredients.

The process of making peach sparkling wine is very simple.

• All ingredients are well cooled.
• Peach juice and champagne are mixed in a glass jug.
• Add a few pieces of ice if desired.

When pouring the drink into glasses, each is decorated with a slice of peach.

Making wine from peaches and plums

You will need:

• 3.5 kg of peaches;
• 7.5 g plums;
• 4 liters of water;
• 3.5 kg of granulated sugar;
• 3 g vanillin.

Manufacturing:

1. Pits are removed from both fruits, but they are not washed, and in case of severe contamination, they are only wiped with a napkin.
2. In a separate container, knead the fruits with a wooden crush.
3. Syrup is boiled from water and sugar, cooled to room temperature.
4. Pour fruit puree with syrup, add vanillin and mix thoroughly.
5. The entire mixture is poured into a container for subsequent fermentation, a water seal (glove) is installed and taken out to a warm place where there is no light.
6. Active fermentation should take place for a week or more.
7. At its end (the glove deflated, the bubbles in the water seal are over), it is necessary to carefully drain the main contents of the container through a tube into a separate vessel, without disturbing the sediment at the bottom.
8. At this point, peach wine must be tasted in order to finally determine the amount of sugar. Add it if necessary.
9. The wine is then filtered again through cotton wool or several layers of cloth and poured into suitable bottles.
10. Close tightly and put in a cool place without light to ripen for several months.

Peach wine at home: a recipe with raisins

The addition of raisins to the future peach wine is considered almost classic. This will enrich its taste and make it possible to do without the addition of special wine yeast.

You will need:

• 3500 g ripe peaches;
• 1800 g granulated sugar;
• 250 g unwashed raisins;
• 2-3 lemons;
• 2.5 liters of warm water plus the required amount as required.

Manufacturing:

1. Knead the peaches with your hands, removing the seeds.
2. The raisins are chopped with a ceramic knife.
3. Combine softened peach fruits, raisins and half a portion of sugar and pour warm water.
4. Stir until sugar is completely dissolved.
5. Add juice from lemons and add cold water so that the total volume is about 10 liters.
6. Cover with a cloth and leave for a day before fermentation begins.
7. Then, after mixing thoroughly, add the remaining granulated sugar and install a water seal.
8. The container with the future wine is left in a cool dark room until the fermentation process stops completely.
9. Filter the drink without affecting the sediment, add water again to a total volume of 10 liters and put in the same place until any signs of fermentation are complete.
10. At the same time, it must be removed from the sediment (filtered) every 2 weeks.
11. If no sediment appears within 2 weeks, peach wine can be poured into clean bottles, tightly closed and allowed to ripen for 6-12 months.

Peach and Banana Wine Recipe

Wine is prepared according to the same principle as described in the previous recipe. Only wine yeast is added instead of raisins.

You will need:

• 3500 g of peaches;
• 1200 g bananas;
• 1800 g granulated sugar;
• 1.3 tsp citric acid;
• 5.5 liters of boiling water;
• wine yeast according to the instructions.

Manufacturing:

1. Bananas are peeled, cut into pieces and boiled in 2.5 liters of water for about 20 minutes after boiling.
2. Strain through a sieve without squeezing out the pulp.
3. The pulp separated from the peaches is poured into 3 liters of boiling water and, adding half the dose of sugar, mix thoroughly.
4. Cool, add banana juice, citric acid and the required amount of water to bring the volume to 10 liters.
5. Cover with a cloth and leave the wort in a cool place for 24 hours.
6. Then add wine yeast, the remaining sugar according to the instructions and then proceed in the same way as described in the above recipe.

Peach Wine Recipe with Grape Juice

You will need:

• 3500 g of peaches;
• juice from 2 lemons;
• 900 ml of concentrated light grape juice;
• 1800 g granulated sugar;
• wine yeast according to the instructions;

Making wine from peaches at home using this recipe does not differ much from the classic technology:

1. The peach pulp is separated from the seeds and squeezed out of the maximum juice. The resulting juice is poured into a separate container.
2. The pulp remaining from the fruit is poured into 4 liters of boiling water, sugar is added.
3. Stir thoroughly until the sugar is completely dissolved.
4. Cool to room temperature, add lemon juice, concentrated grape juice.
5. Pour everything into a fermentation vessel, add yeast and squeezed juice from peaches.
6. Covering with a cloth, put to ferment in a warm place for 8-10 days with daily stirring.
7. The resulting drink is removed from the sediment and additionally filtered without squeezing the pulp.
8. Put a glove on the hole (or install a water seal) and place it for fermentation in a cool place without light.
   
9. Every 3 weeks, check for sediment and filter the wine until no sediment forms.
10. Then it is poured into bottles and the wine is allowed to brew for at least 3 months.

How to make peach wine with alcohol

To make fortified peach wine according to the classic recipe, you must first get a fermented fruit mixture.

Manufacturing:

1. Pits are removed from the peaches and the pulp is crushed with a wooden crush.
2. Add 2 liters of warm water, add 0.7 kg of granulated sugar, stir and, covered with a napkin, set for fermentation for 20 days in a warm place.
3. Every day, the mash must be stirred, adding a hat of fruit pulp.
4. After 20 days, the liquid is filtered, another 0.6 kg of sugar is added and alcohol is added.
5. Then they insist for another 3 weeks.
6. Almost finished peach wine is filtered again, poured into sterile dishes, corked and left to infuse for 2 months.

Recipe for homemade peach fortified wine with honey and nutmeg

Using the same scheme, you can make wine from peaches at home, enriching it with interesting additives.

You will need:

• 3 kg of peaches;
• 3 liters of water;
• 1 liter of alcohol;
• 100 g of honey;
• 1500 g granulated sugar;
• 10 g nutmeg.

The manufacturing process differs from the one described in the previous recipe only in that at the first stage the peaches are infused only with the addition of honey. And sugar and all the spices are added at the second stage along with alcohol.

How to make peach wine with cinnamon and vanilla

Peach wine at home can be prepared using a very simple technology. Although it will already be closer to the peach liqueur.

You will need:

• 1 kg of peaches;
• 100 g sugar;
• 500 ml of vodka;
• 50 ml of water;
• half a cinnamon stick;
• a pinch of vanillin;
• ½ tsp dry mint.

Preparation:

1. Cut the peach pulp into small slices.
2. Placed in a glass container and fill with vodka, which should completely cover the fruit.
3. The container is tightly closed and left for 45 days in a dark place at room temperature.
4. Shake the container once every 5 days.
5. At the end of the scheduled time, the infusion is filtered through cheesecloth, while squeezing the pulp thoroughly.
6. In a separate bowl, dissolve sugar, vanillin, cinnamon and mint in water.
7. Boil over low heat for several minutes, skimming off the foam until it stops appearing.
8. Filter the syrup through cheesecloth and mix with the infusion.
9. It is hermetically sealed and insisted for several days before use.

Peach wine storage rules

Correctly prepared peach wine can be easily stored in cool and dark conditions for up to three years without changing its properties.

Conclusion

Peach wine can be made at home in several ways. And everyone chooses something most suitable for their taste and for their conditions.

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