Red Grape Juice Wine

[Sp33dymonk3y]

Hello this is my first post so don't flame at me please lol. Okay so I've been making wine for a few months now, I've made Concord Grape juice wine purple and white, made strawberry wine (fresh strawberries), and plain mead. Now right now I'm just making one gallons, I'm looking into buying fresh grapes next month but that will be a different post. The main thing I want to talk about is the Red Grape Juice, basically I am experimenting for now until next month.. I have made Concord grape juice Welchs many times which I like the finishing product but I have noticed most Concord is "bottom self" well I was doing a bit of research and I found Welchs RED GRAPE juice which is NOT concord juice. Has anybody made simple wine with red grape juice?? Thanks for the replies


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[Sp33dymonk3y]

Also yes I have hydrometer, 3 different types of wine yeast I use.


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[wineforfun]

No, I have only use Concord Welchs but wouldn't hesitate to use the red if it was available. Ferment it dry, backsweeten it to your liking and I am sure it will be just fine.
I normally use Lavlin RC-212 when I make my Welchs, but it is not the only one.

 

[Sp33dymonk3y]

I use Lalvin 71B-1122 and red star something it's a green packet by red star, (;


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[Sp33dymonk3y]

Also since I have u talking, what do I use to bring down acidity levels? I know acid blend to bring it up..


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[JohnT]

you can use potassium bicarb. Have you tested the acid level? What is it currently at?

 

[Sp33dymonk3y]

I don't currently have an acid tester, I have it coming in though. It's a titration tester.. Just getting some ideas if the acid levels are to low and to high what sorts of chemicals I use.


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[JohnT]

OK,

By acid tester, I am gonna assume that you are getting an acid titration kit (and not a ph meter).

An acid test kit measures the weight of acid in your wine. This usually come out in the scale of grams per liter (G/L).

For red wines, a good rule of thumb is to shoot for .65 g/l, and I shoot for .70 g/l for white or fruit wines.

In general, any measure of .6 through .75 is good.

There are many steps in the process that can effect the level of acid (cold stabilization and MLB are two that come to mind) so it is important that you test your acid often.

 

[Sp33dymonk3y]

Yeah I've done a bit of research on all that and yeah Oma go with the titration kit rather than a ph tester, drop at a time thing seems more fun, plus makes me look like I'm actually making good wine when my wife looks at me lol(;


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[JohnT]

LOL,

I am just glad hat you are not offended by my avatar!

 

[sour_grapes]

l I was doing a bit of research and I found Welchs RED GRAPE juice which is NOT concord juice.

Inspired by this comment, I tried to find out what grape it is from. The only thing I was able to find was "made with a unique blend of sweet, ripe grapes." (This statement, of course, is free of any information content beyond that it contains grapes.) What did you find out that it was made from, or, at least, how did you determine that it is not Concord juice?

 

[Sp33dymonk3y]

Wellington the bottle it shows big fat red grapes, concord that I know of so far is purple smaller grapes.. And the bottle doesn't say concord anywhere on it, if you find out more please share


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[Sp33dymonk3y]

RED GRAPE JUICE (red)


CONCORD GRAPE JUICE (purple)



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[wineforfun]

Ok, couple of things.

First, JohnT, I am offended by your avatar. How could you.

Second, OP, if you want more flavor, see if you can get 100% concentrate instead of the ready-made juice in a container. You will get MUCH more flavor. I can't find the link right now but jswordy used to have his Super Sugar Welchs method in his signature. It makes an awesome Welchs wine. JohnT will even attest to that. As far as acid goes, I just use what jswordy had recommended and tweak it from there. If I find the link to his recipe, I will post it.

 

[Sp33dymonk3y]

Yeah I use concentrate which they also have red grape concentrate also but that picture of the grapes and label is bigger on the juice bottle ((; and I'm not offended lol, each is his own your avatar


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[JohnT]

RED GRAPE JUICE (red)
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CONCORD GRAPE JUICE (purple)
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[Sp33dymonk3y]

I have a question! I heard john T talking about using sulfite in the wine to help protect also, can I use camp den tables to help protect it from bacteria? I usually use me for


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[Sp33dymonk3y]

I usually use them to sanitation and was going to use them before bottling to prevent re starting fermentation after it's dry of course


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[sour_grapes]

Yes, the active ingredient in Campden tablets is indeed potassium metabisulfite.

 

[jkrug]

I thought potassium sorbate prevented re--fermentation. The camp den tablets kills bacteria and preserves the wine.