You can make red wine vinegar at home. All you need is some red wine and just a few more items. It's a great way to use up those half empty bottles of wine that have been sitting around the refrigerator for a while.
Instructions
1. Buy a 1 gallon glass or ceramic crock with a spigot. This is where your vinegar will live.
2. Get an 8 oz. bottle of commercial vinegar mother from a beer or wine making store or the Internet.
3. Pour 2 cups of red wine diluted with 1 cup of water to the crock.
4. Add the vinegar mother to the crock.
5. Cover the crock with cheesecloth and attach it securely with a rubber band or string.
6. Place the crock in a warm place where it can sit undisturbed.
7. Add 2 1/2 cups red wine to the crock three times over the next two weeks.
8. Let the crock sit a total of 10 weeks.
9. Bottle the vinegar when it tastes and smells like vinegar. Put it in clean bottles or jars with a funnel. It will last for three or four months.
10. Make more vinegar, if you want, by leaving the vinegar mother in the crock and starting this process over.
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