Does anyone here make wine from grape juice. I don't mean juice like Welch's. I got grape juice for wine in 6 gallon buckets. Can't find anywhere on the net about making wine from this type of juice. I no it can be just a western mass thing.
lhjf75 said:Does anyone here make wine from grape juice. I don't mean juice like Welch's. I got grape juice for wine in 6 gallon buckets. Can't find anywhere on the net about making wine from this type of juice. I no it can be just a western mass thing.
This is just juice nothing added. A guy i work with buys the juice puts it in kegs and lets it ferment with the natural yeasts
Here are juice instructions from my local supplier.
http://jwdover.com/catalog/winemaking_how_to.php#Juice
http://www.grapeandgranary.com/juiceinstruction.html
It's pretty simple. I make all my white wines from juice like this.
Thanks, I all ready made the wine. I am just feeling like an outcast. Cant find anyone making wine from that kind of juice or making wine in old stainless steel beer kegs.
lhjf75 said:How long should I let the wine sit before bottling . I put the juice in the kegs Oct 21
lhjf75 said:Racking? Dont have any thing to rack in to. Could I rack back into the buckets the juice came in. Clean my keg then put it back in the keg or would that not work out
When I rack I am going to lose some volume because of the lees, leaving me with more air space in the kegs and that's not a good thing right. How do I make up for that. And again thanks for the help I would ask the guy that was helping me but he doesn't do anything else to his wine, and is already drinking his wine he made like the first week of October.
mooney said:I have nitrogen in gas bottles. I know it is an inert gas like argon. Would this work or dose the gas used have to be heavyer than air?
If you're wanting more wine specific info, you should probably try the forums over at winepress.us. they have tons of good info and its ALL geared towards wine for the most part. Friendly bunch too.
Keg #1 1 g -merlot
5.5 g - chardonnay
6 g- burgundy ? was what the juice was called
keg #2 7 g-merlot
5.5 g- pino grigio
1/2 keg #1 4 g- merlot
1/2 g-chardonnay
1/2 g-merlot
2 g- water
added about 3 pounds of brown sugar to them combined
1/2 keg #2 7 g- unpasterized apple cider
7 campden tablets
1.5 lb brown sugar
1 pk-champagne yeast
I pretty much drink anything. I like woodchuck cider,Italian red wine,as for beer usually stick with Sam adams seasonal brews.
Ok, so these are all blended in the different kegs? Interesting blends. How is the merlot/chardonnay/burgundy blend? That one might appeal to me.
As for new wines to try, I suspect you might like Gamay, or Pinot Noir. Both are easy drinking French Reds. Woodchuck drinkers may like a nice Riesling, as they tend to have crisp apple notes like Woodchuck.
Hope that helps you find something you like.
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