Wine has been made for thousands of years, but how has it changed over the history, and what are the current trends for making modern wine? The truth is wine hasn’t changed much over the past centuries. In fact, the wine that we drink today is pretty much the same as wine in the past. Sure it is safer, because we have more technology to make sure that the bacteria doesn’t grow out of control, but generally speaking, wine is wine.

Making modern wine though isn’t just about making grape wine; in fact many home vintners are combining grapes and other fruit wines. This can make a really fresh wine that tickles your taste buds. You don’t just have to stay with the relatively safe combinations of Merlot and blueberry or Chardonnay and strawberry. Why not try something a bit out of the ordinary like taking the Merlot that you have and combining it with a rhubarb wine?

Modern wines tend to have clean and crisp tastes. A lot of fruit wine will give you this freshness, so one of the trends in making modern wine is to make more fruit wines. Sure, the classic vintners are going to say that fruit wines aren’t as good as grape wines, and that they are just a trend, but that’s exactly what the modern vintners are trying to create.

Another trend is to ferment fruits and even vegetables that traditionally haven’t been used. For example, search on the web for garlic wine, and you will find plenty of recipes. Now, you aren’t going to drink this, but use it on salads and vegetables, either fresh or cooked. If you didn’t like brussel sprouts as a kid, you probably wouldn’t like a brussel sprout wine paired with a big piece of liver. The modern wine making trend is that anything goes. Use your creativity and see what type of wine you can make!