"Negodki" > wrote in message
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> But why are you buying juice with such a low brix (15-17) in the first
> place?
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This guy had his wife pick it up. Concord and Delaware. I called to get the
numbers. The TA on one of them was 1.15, IIRC. TA on the other was like .90.
Just a crappy year, I guess. I went the juice route 3 years ago, and had bad
numbers then, too. I just went ahead with it, and the wine was undrinkable.
Too acidic and bitey. There's a bunch of it STILL in the basement, er,
winecellar. I know there's a ton of guys that find it convenient to just buy
the juice. For a red wine, it doesn't seem to make sense to buy juice and
not have the skins to ferment on. To each his own, I guess.
Ken A.