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Italian prune wine?

I have a huge amount of these plums available this year and I would like to try making plum wine. So far I have only made hard apple cider. If anyone can help me with sites or instructions I would greatly appreciate it. My searches have only found a few references.

Bob

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Bob
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Bob, Welcome. Check out Jack's site -

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. There's a recipe(s) for making plum wine, among ton's of other info. Good-luck. Darlene G'town Wisconsin

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Dar V

I wasn't able to find anything on Italian prune plums last year, and I don't recall what recipe this was based on (I think I may have just taken a general fruit wine recipe), but this is what I made last year. (I still have it bulk aging, but took a quick taste and it's excellent!).

4 gallons fresh prune plums (picked 4 4-quart bucketsful) pitted and cut (not mashed), in grain socks 10 lbs sugar (plus 2 cups sugar later) 5 teaspons acid blend 5 camden tablets, crushed 5 teaspoons yeast nutrient water to 5 gallons 1/4 teaspoon pectic enzyme 1 pkg Red Star pastuer champagne yeast

Added all ingredients except yeast (and additional sugar & water) on first day. Pitched yeast on 2nd day.

2 weeks later, racked to secondary, put 2 cups sugar into 4 cups warm water (IE

- 50% solution), used to top off.

Bulk aging since 10/4/03, very good. Waiting another month or so to bottle.

Woods

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Woodswun

hard

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year, and I don't

taken a general

still have it bulk

pitted and cut (not

water) on first day.

cups warm water (IE

How do you proces the grain socks of plums? Just squeeze them dry when racking?

Bob

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Bob

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