Grape juice concentrate is made by slowly simmering fresh grapes in hot water for a period of time the grapes are then strained from the liquid resulting in a grape juice concentrate that s rich in flavor.
Gallon of grape juice.
I m using 1 2 gallon of apple juice about 2 litres and will take about 500ml out to allow space for adding sugar and yeast.
Measure the temperature of the juice.
4 one litre is 135 0z of grape juice is 136 oz.
What i am unsure about is how much sugar to add especially considering that the apple juice also has sweetness.
Adjust temperature as necessary.
But don t eat them raw just yet because muscadine grape is also one grape that is.
Add sugar mix until sugar is completely dissolved.
One gallon water jug is 120 oz.
Dave mcclure author from kyle scotland on april 23 2019.
Pour your two half gallon jugs of welch s into a sanitized bucket fermenter.
Jone pe i ve never used chinese yeast but any wine yeast will grow in the fermenting vessel until all the sugar is used up or the alcohol level is as high as it can tolerate.
Take a sample of the juice in the pail and use your titration kit to measure the acid.
Pour the juice into a carboy or other closeable container larger than the volume you will ferment as the.
Add yeast nutrient acid blend and tannin.
Start with at least 5 25 gallons of white grape juice to end up with five gallons of wine.
During the aging process i have used amarican oak chips for the dry wine and it comes out great.
All of our red wine juices are hot pressed and treated with metabisulfite.
Our high quality juice was produced with great care and is ready for you to nurture it through fermentation.
I use 10 large cans 100 grape juice welches concord 6 1 2 pounds sugar 1 package wine yeast 5 teaspoons acid blend 3 3 4 teaspoons pectic enzyme 5 teaspoons nutrient.
Regardless of which variety you have purchased no additional sulfite should be added prior to fermentation.
You can use red or white whichever you prefer.
You should have about one gallon of juice in the pail.
Wring the bag to extract as much juice as possible.
Lift the nylon straining bag out of the pail.
Making wine from grape juice concentrate results in a homemade wine that s perfect as a table wine to be consumed on a daily basis.
It should be between 55 to 65 f.
Just make sure that it is free of preservatives such as potassium sorbate.
Muscadine grapes have more fiber than oats and contain a wealth of other essential nutrients as well.
Muscadine wine is probably one of the healthiest foods you ve never heard of.
All red wine juices have been standardized at 21 percent sugar unless they are naturally higher then.