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Lemon wine brings to mind a drink that is refreshing and perfect to sip on a warm evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The trouble with making such a drink is that lemons are, of course, really acidic and require a lot of dilution to bring about a fermentable and palatable must.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lemons are 5 times more acidic than oranges<\/a> and twice as acidic as grapefruit. When it comes to making wine with them this acidity needs to be diluted down so the yeast has a chance to do its thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When you ferment this the body of the wine can be a little lacking and we can end up with a dry and insipid wine rather than fruity and refreshing.<\/p>\n

Boosting Body<\/h2>\n

To make the lemon wine fuller flavoured we can either combine the lemons with other fruits or spices to give more flavour or we can use something like grape concentrate<\/a> or raisins to add not only the body but sugars too.<\/p>\n

If you want to make a lemon wine without any other fruit then the simplest avenue for most winemakers is to use plenty of raisins in the must to give you more complexity than just lemons alone.<\/p>\n

Getting The Flavour From Our Lemons<\/h2>\n
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Most of the flavour in lemon is not in the flesh of the fruit or juice but in the zest and the oils within the peel.<\/p>\n

This means we need to peel the zest from our lemons but carefully avoid as much of the white pith as possible.<\/p>\n

The pith of the lemons is the most bitter part of the fruit. If we have a lot of pith in the lemon wine then we are going to end up with a bitter finished wine.<\/p>\n

Along with the pith, we will use the lemon flesh itself. The best way to do this is to completely cut away the skin and then slice each segment out leaving the membrane between each lemon segment behind.<\/p>\n

This method of segmenting<\/a> the lemons may seem laborious but it is the best way to leave behind as much of the bitter parts of the lemon as possible and therefore end up with a much tastier wine.<\/p>\n

What You\u2019ll Need To Make Lemon Wine \u2013 Makes 1 gallon \/ 4.5 litres<\/h2>\n

\u00a0\u00a0Lemon Wine Ingredients<\/h2>\n