Heat gently to dissolve all the sugar and stir to prevent any scorching of the sugar on the bottom of the pan. Start by heating half the water and all the sugar in a large pan. 1 Sachet Yeast ( Lallemand EC-1118 is a good choice but experiment with others)ġ.2 tsp Acid Blend (for sweet cherry wine only).1.6 kg / 3.5 lb Cherries destoned (sweet or sour or mix).Equipment You Will Need To Make Cherry Wine – Makes 1 gallon / 4.5 litres Most of the time frozen cherries are pre-prepared so this makes them great for making cherry wine. As we are going to be mashing the flesh we do not want the stones in the wine as the insides of cherry pits are toxic if you consume enough.
As well as this you will need to remove the stems and destone the cherries. You will want to wash them thoroughly and remove any bad cherries. Getting the cherries ready to make wine is simple but a little labour-intensive. It is also worth trying a mix of both sweet and sour cherries so you can balance the sweetness yourself, you may have to experiment a little to get the perfect mix but it is definitely worth it. This is my personal preference I have most often used sour cherries for this recipe but if you use sweet cherries you will, of course, end up with a slightly sweeter wine. The can will usually detail how much sugar is in the syrup on the nutritional information or you can use a hydrometer to work it out. If you are using the syrup from the tinned cherries you will want to decrease the amount of sugar you add. Using canned cherries in this cherry wine recipe is exactly the same, you just need to work out how many cherries are in the can, usually, there is a net weight that you can use to work this out. Usually, canned cherries are in a light syrup which can also be added to the wine as long as there are no preservatives in it. In fact, even canned cherries will work on this recipe. In fact, freezing cherries is actually beneficial as it breaks down the structure of the fruit which when thawed will release more of the sugars and juices we want in the wine. The real difference between frozen or fresh cherries is the texture and for us winemakers the texture is not really an issue for us. Equipment You Will Need To Make Cherry Wine – Makes 1 gallon / 4.5 litresĬherries are a bold flavour and this flavour really does well even after freezing the cherries.
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