So far, we have discussed Inadequate Equipment and Cleaning & Sanitization. Today we will move onto mistake #3 – Failure to Follow Instructions.
Wine kit instructions may seem to be long and complicated, and the urge is to simplify them, or to standardize steps between different kits. This is always a mistake, for several reasons.
First, the kit instructions are based both on sound wine making techniques, and empirical trials. Instructions are based on book learning and the manufactures test the process, making the wine kits hundreds of times, to make sure they worked.
Second, if your kit fails to ferment correctly, or clear sufficiently, there may be no easy way to correct it if you have not followed the directions.
One of the biggest points to note: Wine kit instructions are very different from those for wines made from fresh grapes. Trying to use the techniques described in winemaking textbooks will usually lead to problems: wine kits are completely different from making wine from fresh grapes.
Tomorrow Wine making mistake #4 – Bad Water.
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