I live in a country where it's illegal to sell wine kits, but it's legal to sell the concentrated juice. My language skills aren't really up to asking the website owner the following questions - plus I don't know if he really knows. The juice is "Queen's Cellar Grape Juice Concentrate Merlot" and the box says "8 kg / 23 litres.
Note that the wine needs to be made for a wedding that will take place in 31 days... 29 days from delivery. (Yes, I know that's a risk, but I already warned the groom and he wants to go for it and hope.)
Two questions -
1. Is there any way to ensure that it's at least a bit drinkable within 4 weeks, possibly at the expense of later terrific quality? I don't want it to be awful but in this country we usually drink plonk anyhow so our standards aren't too high.
2. He's insisting on something that goes against my instincts - but he might be right. He says that it would be more sensible to not bottle the wine, and to just rack it into a 20-litre water bottle with a pump dispenser to take it to the venue. Then just put it into jugs for the table. (They have lovely water jugs at the venue.) Is this really OK?
Thank you!
Note that the wine needs to be made for a wedding that will take place in 31 days... 29 days from delivery. (Yes, I know that's a risk, but I already warned the groom and he wants to go for it and hope.)
Two questions -
1. Is there any way to ensure that it's at least a bit drinkable within 4 weeks, possibly at the expense of later terrific quality? I don't want it to be awful but in this country we usually drink plonk anyhow so our standards aren't too high.
2. He's insisting on something that goes against my instincts - but he might be right. He says that it would be more sensible to not bottle the wine, and to just rack it into a 20-litre water bottle with a pump dispenser to take it to the venue. Then just put it into jugs for the table. (They have lovely water jugs at the venue.) Is this really OK?
Thank you!