Frozen strawberries or fresh ones?

[geek]

just wondering if one would yield better results than the other or not.
I've made triple berry DB with the frozen packs from Walmart and the DB came out really good.

I haven't tried a wine with just strawberry, the 'pick your own' season will start soon around here but not sure or remember the price per pound.

I assume buying fresh berries may be a bit more expensive to make the wine?

 

[dralarms]

Frozen. They are riper.

 

[novalou]

just wondering if one would yield better results than the other or not.
I've made triple berry DB with the frozen packs from Walmart and the DB came out really good.

I haven't tried a wine with just strawberry, the 'pick your own' season will start soon around here but not sure or remember the price per pound.

I assume buying fresh berries may be a bit more expensive to make the wine?

If you pick your own. Freeze them. They will juice easier when they thaw.

 

[Deezil]

Frozen berries are usually more expensive because these are the berries that were picked, but were so ripe that they wouldnt make it to market, to the home and be consumed before going bad.. These are generally-speaking, premium fruit, with IQF (individually quick frozen) fruit being the 'top of the top' so to speak

Fresh market berries are usually alright, but farmers market berries are better.

If you pick your own, the quality you bring home is up to your abilities to only pick the best fruit

 

[geek]

sounds like fresh berries are more work anyways.

 

[jamesngalveston]

I am new to this also. But my first batch was pure juice from blackberries.
Second was fresh fruit blackberries.
Third was frozen fruit blackberries...The frozen berries made best wine.
I would think that it would hold true with the strawberries.