Bottling Day !

[JohnT]

Steve,

Was this vintage you first foray into using whole grapes?

If so, how did the "whole grape" wines turn out?

 

[vacuumpumpman]

@JohnT
I have been making wine from grapes and fruit for a long time now.I like making it from grapes because I can make a port, first tun, and a second run.

I did my first kit wine appropriate a year ago , otherwise I make wine from juice buckets

 

[JohnT]

@JohnT
I have been making wine from grapes and fruit for a long time now.I like making it from grapes because I can make a port, first tun, and a second run.

I did my first kit wine appropriate a year ago , otherwise I make wine from juice buckets

OK, sorry, just having a senior moment here. Someone was asking my advice a while back about making wine from whole grapes. I do not know why I was thinking that it was you.

 

[Brickhouse]

Looks fantastic!

 

[sdelli]

Only 133 bottles from 6 carboys? Seem to average around 25 per carboy... Not 22

 

[vacuumpumpman]

Only 133 bottles from 6 carboys? Seem to average around 25 per carboy... Not 22

I mentioned 6 carboys -
Not all were 6 gallons in size

I had some that were
3 gallon
5 gallon
6 gallon
and 7 gallon

I did not keep track of the exact volume we did - except for the bottle count.

 

[JohnT]

Only 133 bottles from 6 carboys? Seem to average around 25 per carboy... Not 22

The number of bottles you yield is greatly affected by the number of people you have helping you bottle.

I call this the "Just Sampling" factor.