Can You Make Wine at Home with Supermarket Grapes? 🍷 Thailand Experiment

Is it possible to make homemade wine while living abroad? 🍇🍷
In this video I show you my home winemaking experiment in Thailand, using table grapes, wine yeast, and very basic equipment.

Here in Thailand grapes are expensive (about 300 THB per kg, almost $10 per pound / $22 per kg), but I found a good deal and decided to try anyway.

In the video you’ll learn:

how to deal with green vs dry grape stems

when stems add tannins and when they ruin the wine

how to add tannins without stems

how to ferment with minimal equipment

how to use a balloon instead of an airlock

how to clarify wine naturally, without chemicals

👉 Final result: a natural homemade wine at 11.2% ABV, made from table grapes and without preservatives.

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Ingredients

Table grapes (about 3 kg / 6.6 lb in the video)

Wine yeast (2 teaspoons)

Optional: 1 black tea bag (if all stems are green)

Equipment

Fermenter or food-grade container

Basket or filter

Airlock or balloon

Second container for racking

Cloth filter or coffee filter

Reused bottles

Method

1️⃣ Grape preparation
Crush the grapes in a bowl, then transfer them into the fermenter with a filter.

2️⃣ Stem management

Dry stems → OK to use (they add tannins)

Green stems → Remove them (they cause bitterness and astringency)
👉 If all stems are green, add black tea for tannins.

3️⃣ Alcoholic fermentation

Original gravity: 1.078

Add 2 teaspoons of wine yeast

Close with airlock or balloon

Shake the fermenter morning and evening to break the grape cap

4️⃣ After 5 days

Remove grape skins (pomace)

Press them manually using a cloth or coffee filter

Rack the wine into another container

Yield: about 2.5 liters / 0.66 gallons

5️⃣ Clarification & maturation

After 7 days fermentation is basically finished

Close and place in the fridge for 5–7 days

Yeast and particles settle naturally

6️⃣ Bottling

Final gravity: 0.994

Alcohol content: 11.2% ABV

Natural wine, no preservatives