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How To Make Wine: The Essential Ingredients Explained

Posted by Scott Young in Ask The Wine Making Guy, General, Other, Tips, Videos, Wine Kits, acid blend, bentonite, campden tablets, home made wine, homemade wine, isinglass, make wine, pectic enzyme, postassium metabisulphite, potassium sorbate, wine, wine making, winemaking, yeast nutrientJan 4th, 2009 | No Comments

I’ve received numerous requests from people asking to explain what the main ingredients/chemicals used in wine making are and why they’re used.

Here’s a quick video I shot today that will give you some good insight into why we use things like:

  • Bentonite
  • Potassium Metabisulphite
  • Potassium Sorbate
  • Isinglass
  • Yeast Nutrient
  • Pectic Enzyme
  • Acid Blend
  • Campden Tablets
  • Sanitol

So if you’ve always wanted to know what each was used for check out the video below!

 
You can find this video on YouTube, Yahoo, Metacafe, Google and Veoh
As always, your comments are welcome!

- Scott “The Wine Making Guy”