How much alcohol is needed for homemade wine to bottle it and preserve it?

I have this great recipe for Apple Pie Wine using 180 proof grain alcohol. Can I bottle this and consider it preserved? How much alcohol should I use to preserve this wine?


Wine has a percentage of alcohol. Is this what keeps it from spoiling?|||1 gallon apple cider





1 quart APPLE juice





7 cinnamon sticks





2 cups of sugar





Boil until sugar dissolves. Turn off heat let stand until at room temperature





Then add 1 pt of Everclear.





Serve chilled





1 pint makes it about 5% alcohol I add 1 quart to make it 10%





Bottle it and it will keep.|||if you are using 180 proof grain alcohol, you arn't making wine





wine is juice thats fermented to make the wine... added grain alcohol makes either a cocktail or a infused alcohol.





as for how much alcohol to preserve wine, if everything is sanitized before bottling, a bottle of hommade wine that is around 10% will likely last many years. ... if stuff is not sanitized, stuff can still affect the wine, and it can go bad.





for alcoholic beverages in general, you usually have to get 20% or more to really get a preserved beverage|||I believe you are describing a cordial not real wine


and I will not search my books for 2 points


but the 180 proof preserves it for months I believe (maybe weeks)


your finished wine will be about 40 proof after dilution excellent for sipping|||Alcohol is not the only part that preserves wine. Sulfites and other chemicals are added as a preservative. And the above people are correct - you don't just add liquor to something and it becomes wine, you have to ferment the fruit or juice. It takes longer then just adding alcohol to something. Although I'm sure it is tasty, you are talking about a cordial or a liqueur.