can bakers yeast be used for making wine?

[larbon]

i have seen recipe mention wine yeast.i'm curious to know

[jrankin44]

Wine yeast is different from bakers yeast. Bakers yeast cannot be used for wine making. Wine yeast helps the fruits to ferment

[Marianne N]

Baker's yeast will give a "beery" taste and low alcohol content, but could be used ...
I called yeast "magic fairy dust" earlier because it is what turns grape juice into wine. Without yeast, there would BE NO wine/beer/vodka/tequila/rum/whatever. So the next time you take a sip of alcohol, give thanks to the Big Guy for creating it.

But what is yeast? Specifically, yeast is a fungus that exists everywhere around us. That's right: Fungus. There are many different strains of yeast, but the ones we will be using all have one thing in common: they eat sugar and water and excrete alcohol. Yes, you read that correctly - alcohol is basically fungus piss. Think about THAT the next time you see some attractive member of the opposite sex downing a shot at a bar!

[dhruv_cat]

yea bakers yeast can be used because the must ie. actually the grape juice needs cultured or natural yeast to introduce alcoholic content , but the alcoholic content might be low in comparison to your other yeast & could take some more time for fermentation

[vieclt]

I would not dare to use baking yeast like "Bakers" to make wine. There is more chance that you loose everything. I think it would not work. It's the same as if you would like to do yogurt... you would have to use a different kind of yeast... not the Bakers one ^^

[LoneStar]

It will yield a very inferior product--it does not settle out, and the flavors will be off. Use wine yeast for wine and brewer's yeast for beer.