Welch

I made concord wine for the first time this year. Even young, it has turned out to be a very nice, but a bit acidic, dry red wine. I didn't use frozen concentrate, but bottled concord juice. I think it is basically the same as the frozen concentrate, just rehydrated for you. Anyway - I just bought 6 gallons of juice to make a bigger batch. I will add oak chips to the primary. I have come to like dry concord wine.

I make it, plus I use a lot of the other frozen juices (Old Orchard's 100 % juice too, but you have to be careful with those) to make wine. They come out very well, but if you can wait until they are a year old or 1 1/2 years old they taste much better. Darlene

I Made a one gallon batch last year, but on the advice of the group have not had any yet. Gonna give it another 6 months or so. I didn't use frozen, I used the juice-makers liquid concentrate.

I am >Did anybody make a wine form Welch's concentrated, frozen 100% grape >juice?

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Tee, to give you an idea of how well this wine holds up, in San Antonio Regional Wine Guild Competitions, Welch's wines have won at least two best of shows and probably a dozen or more first places. To get an idea what I mean, go to

Jack Keller, The Winemaking Home Page

Um, I think 1 can per 64 oz would be two cans per US gallon.

Andy

Jack-

I noticed on that list that your Burgundy was from concentrate. Can you share where you acquired the Burgundy concentrate?

Thanks-

JJ

JJ, it was Alexander's Sun Country Burgundy in the 46-oz. can. The directions said it would make 5 gallons. I bought it to use in making other wines (for body--instead of raisins or Welch's). I use about 11 ounces that way and then used the rest of the can to make 3 gallons of wine. It was a bit strong at first, but aged very well.

Jack Keller, The Winemaking Home Page

Made some last summer from Welch's white. Added concentrate / water until I got 1.090 SG (i.e. I did NOT add sugar). Turned out great !!

jp

I use the white grape, white grape and peach, white grape and rasberry and grape. all in 10 gal. batches, everyone thinks there great!!!!!!!!!