Magnum Pinot Grigio Wine Kit

Magnum Pinot Grigio Wine Making Kit

Magnum Pinot Grigio

Magnum have created this kit using Pinot Grigio grape concentrate. It is a delicate white with grassy notes and a straw colour and hints of plum and a faint note of citrus. A very popular Italian table wine with well balanced acidity.

Please note these cans are made from a soft tin and are very prone to being dented in transit, we do not send out dented cans, damage does and can occur in transit a dented tin does not mean its not unusable, dented cans are 100% safe to use

You will need this to make the Pinot Grigio Wine Kit:

A good homebrew cleaner/steriliser
3.5kg of sugar 
A Brewing fermenter or Fermentation Bin holding at least 23-30 litres
An airlock and suitable Rubber bung for that
An extendable syphon 
30 Glass Wine bottles with suitable corks/caps

Some optional items:

A large funnel is helpful for adding things to your fermenter.

For optimum quality, use a heat pad or Brew Belt to control temperature.

A hydrometer is very valuable when tracking the progress

A twin lever corker is a great help when bottling.

Magnum Pinot Grigio Wine Kit Instructions

1. Add 5-6 litres of hot water to your cleaned and sterilised fermenter (lukewarm if glass), then add 3.5 kgs of white sugar. Mix well until completely dissolved.

2. Add the juice, rinse out and add any juice left in the can using hot water. Top up to 22.5 litres(5 gallons) in your fermenter using a mix of hot and cold water to achieve a temperature between 25 - 30 C. Mix well.

3. Add wine yeast/nutrient (sachet no.1) and mix well. Seal fermenter with an airlock, half filled with water.

4. Leave to ferment in constant temperature between 20-28 C. Fermentation will normally take 7-8 days (a little longer if low temp). Note: Always consider the risk of leaks or frothing when choosing place for fermenter. After fermentation (7-10 days) 

5. Check that fermentation is over, using a hydrometer. The reading should be 998 or lower. There should also be no more  activity (bubbles in airlock). If necessary, wait another day and re-check. If you don’t have a hydrometer, you can taste the wine. Check that it is not too sweet.

6. Rack off to another sterilized vessel using a syphon tube. Add stabiliser (sachet no.2) and shake/stir very thoroughly to  remove CO2. Repeat a 3-4 times with at least 1 hour in between. If you don’t have a 2nd vessel, you can skip the racking off here, but that will slow down clearing a little.

7. Add finings A (sachet no.3) and mix well, then leave for 2-3 hours. After 2-3 hours, add finings B (sachet no.4), carefully stirring up any sediment, for only 15 seconds. Leave wine to clear for 2-7 days, preferably in a cool place on a table so you can
rack if off later without moving it first. Important: Do not rack off or try to remove CO2 before adding Finings B.

8. After 2-7 days, when wine is crystal clear, syphon directly from fermenter to sterilised bottles and seal with corks or plastic  stoppers.

That’s it - your wine is now ready to drink

Magnum kit instructions (PDF file) Click to download