Welch's Wine - First try

[svengoat]

I live 2 doors down from a couple form Italy and they have to be 90 if they are a day.. The guy worked in Italy as a winemaker, he uses 3 concord vines that have to be 50 plus years old..We share wines and his are concord sweet.. I'll have to ask what he's using for yeast, could be bread yeast for all I know..

 

[Saccharomyces]

I think the acid blend is necessary. I used acid blend in mine, and will may add more depending upon how it tastes after backsweetening.

 

[joshhruska9]

I had a wine from a proper Finger Lakes winery that used 100% (or close) Concord grapes. Interestingly, virtually all of the grapes grown around Lake Erie are Concords; one of the founders of the temperance movement was from the area, and was a huge advocate of grape juice instead of wine. One of the wineries we like made a wine using Concords. Very sweet (which may have been wholly intentionally on their part, they do target a specific level of residual sugar), very little tannin character, very kool-aid flavored. You didn't need to be a wine expert to know which grape they used!

Wish I could remember which winery it was...

Mine turned cloudy is it ok

 

[Seamonkey84]

Did you take gravity readings to make sure it’s done? How long has it been sitting to clear?

 

[the_bird]

Did you take gravity readings to make sure it’s done? How long has it been sitting to clear?

A little more than ten years, I think.

 

[Seamonkey84]

Oh wow, possible pectin haze? But I’d expect even that to settle over the years. If it tastes fine, drink it. clarity is over rated, as long as it’s not effecting the taste.