David, I have had similar experiences with Welch's Concord. But try the
Welch's Niagara white. It is actually excellent. Even when dry it finishes
slightly sweet. Very nice at 2 to 10 months old. Then it starts to
decline. Check the recipe on Jack Keller's site.

Ray

"David J." > wrote in message
om...
> Maybe a little off topic if you are just asking about adding a can to
> existing wine.
>
> I have experimented with this plenty of times with Welch's Concord and
> Fruit
> Cocktail but it never really turned out that great. It will produce a
> drinkable wine but not enjoyable if you ask me. I have tried it with a
> few
> different kinds of yeast and still not too good.
>
> I will say though, it is funny that this thread just popped up again.
> It's
> a common one. I just took out some Welch's last night that I have had
> sitting in a jug for about 8 or 9 months now just to taste. It tasted a
> lot
> better than it did a few months ago when I last tried it. So maybe it
> just
> needs to age.
>
> I'll tell you what turned out really good though. With 2 cans of frozen
> Harris Teeter apple juice some sugar to bring the gravity to 1090 (if I
> remember correctly) and finishing sweet (cant remember the gravity). This
> turned out really good. Not too sweet but much apple flavor.
>
> I did another apple but substituting the white sugar for brown. This was
> really harsh for a long time but after almost a year it has mellowed out
> and
> tasted pretty good.
>
> David
>
>
>
>
> "Ray Calvert" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> Yes, use frozen concord grape concentrate. It should not have the
>> preservatives. Be careful about trying to pick up the body of concord
> wine.
>> That stuff typically has plenty of body.
>>
>> Ray
>>
>> "Matthew Givens" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > Go to Jack Keller's website (http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/), and he
>> > has recipes for wine from frozen grape juice concentrate. I have made
>> > three one-gallon batches with different types of juice, and it works
> fine.
>> > Not the best wine I've ever tasted, but not the worst, either.
>> >
>> >
>> > "Robert Lewis" > wrote in message
>> > hlink.net...
>> >> Dumb question....., but hey, I gotta ask.
>> >>
>> >> Has anyone made a batch of red wine using store bought grape juice
> (with
>> >> no preservatives except citric acid) as part of the ingredients?
>> >>
>> >> I'm thinking this. My recipe calls for (per gallon amount)
>> >> · 5 lbs of Concorde grapes
>> >>
>> >> · 2 quarts of water
>> >>
>> >> · 2 lbs of sugar
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> So what if I substituted some of the water with grape juice, for a
>> >> more
>> >> full body in the finished product?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Just some thoughts that I'd like ya'll's opinion on.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Robert
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