You can use red or white whichever you prefer.
Gallon of grape juice.
Add yeast nutrient acid blend and tannin.
One gallon water jug is 120 oz.
4 one litre is 135 0z of grape juice is 136 oz.
Regardless of which variety you have purchased no additional sulfite should be added prior to fermentation.
Pour your two half gallon jugs of welch s into a sanitized bucket fermenter.
Choose your grape juice.
Measure the temperature of the juice.
Just make sure that it is free of preservatives such as potassium sorbate.
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.
Muscadine grapes have more fiber than oats and contain a wealth of other essential nutrients as well.
What i am unsure about is how much sugar to add especially considering that the apple juice also has sweetness.
Lift the nylon straining bag out of the pail.
It is clear listening to you that a 5g packet of yeast is what i need for this amount.
All red wine juices have been standardized at 21 percent sugar unless they are naturally higher then.
Muscadine grapes from the native of southeastern united states are abundant in polyphenols resveratrol and ellagic acid.
Adjust temperature as necessary.
Add sugar mix until sugar is completely dissolved.
Our high quality juice was produced with great care and is ready for you to nurture it through fermentation.
Start with at least 5 25 gallons of white grape juice to end up with five gallons of wine.
Muscadine wine is probably one of the healthiest foods you ve never heard of.
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.
Wring the bag to extract as much juice as possible.
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.
All of our red wine juices are hot pressed and treated with metabisulfite.
It should be between 55 to 65 f.
But don t eat them raw just yet because muscadine grape is also one grape that is.
Dave mcclure author from kyle scotland on april 23 2019.
During the aging process i have used amarican oak chips for the dry wine and it comes out great.
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.
Take a sample of the juice in the pail and use your titration kit to measure the acid.