On 2/9/04 2:56 PM, in article , "Tee
Doubleyou" > wrote:

> Did anybody make a wine form Welch's concentrated, frozen 100% grape
> juice?
> I am making now 1 gallon batch of Concorde and was thinking about
> another batch, this time maybe 5 gallons made from white Niagara
> grapes using also concentrated and frozen juice.
> I will be using Jack K's recipe but was wondering if anybody had
> experience with this type of wine? How does it taste? Can it be kept
> for a few yeras? Is it worth doing it?
> The only availabe juice now is grape and peach combination.
> I can not locate anywhere100% white grape concentrate.
> Tee

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.

--
Greg Cook
http://homepage.mac.com/gregcook/Wine

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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

"Tee Doubleyou" > wrote in message
...
> Did anybody make a wine form Welch's concentrated, frozen 100% grape
> juice?
> I am making now 1 gallon batch of Concorde and was thinking about
> another batch, this time maybe 5 gallons made from white Niagara
> grapes using also concentrated and frozen juice.
> I will be using Jack K's recipe but was wondering if anybody had
> experience with this type of wine? How does it taste? Can it be kept
> for a few yeras? Is it worth doing it?
> The only availabe juice now is grape and peach combination.
> I can not locate anywhere100% white grape concentrate.
> Tee

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 in the process of makeing a white/peach from frozen. I didn't
really notice a big differance in the two. I tended to make both
batches "storng." If the directions on the can say "one can for 64oz
of water" (and therefore, 4 cans per gallon) I added 5 for the
concord, and 6 for the peach.

On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 20:56:03 GMT, (Tee Doubleyou)
wrote:
>Did anybody make a wine form Welch's concentrated, frozen 100% grape
>juice?
>I am making now 1 gallon batch of Concorde and was thinking about
>another batch, this time maybe 5 gallons made from white Niagara
>grapes using also concentrated and frozen juice.
>I will be using Jack K's recipe but was wondering if anybody had
>experience with this type of wine? How does it taste? Can it be kept
>for a few yeras? Is it worth doing it?
>The only availabe juice now is grape and peach combination.
>I can not locate anywhere100% white grape concentrate.
>Tee



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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
http://sarwg.jackkeller.net/competit.asp#fall2002 and just scan the
list of winners. All of the Niagara and Concord wines, including the
blends, are Welch's....

Jack Keller, The Winemaking Home Page
http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/

Dave Allyn > wrote in message >. ..
> If the directions on the can say "one can for 64oz
> of water" (and therefore, 4 cans per gallon) I added 5 for the
> concord, and 6 for the peach.
>

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

Andy

(Jack Keller) wrote in message . com>...
> 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
> http://sarwg.jackkeller.net/competit.asp#fall2002 and just scan the
> list of winners. All of the Niagara and Concord wines, including the
> blends, are Welch's....
>
> Jack Keller, The Winemaking Home Page
> http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/

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
http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/

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

On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 20:56:03 GMT, (Tee Doubleyou)
wrote:

>Did anybody make a wine form Welch's concentrated, frozen 100% grape
>juice?
>I am making now 1 gallon batch of Concorde and was thinking about
>another batch, this time maybe 5 gallons made from white Niagara
>grapes using also concentrated and frozen juice.
>I will be using Jack K's recipe but was wondering if anybody had
>experience with this type of wine? How does it taste? Can it be kept
>for a few yeras? Is it worth doing it?
>The only availabe juice now is grape and peach combination.
>I can not locate anywhere100% white grape concentrate.
>Tee

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




"John Petz" > wrote in message
...
>
> 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
>
> On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 20:56:03 GMT, (Tee Doubleyou)
> wrote:
>
> >Did anybody make a wine form Welch's concentrated, frozen 100% grape
> >juice?
> >I am making now 1 gallon batch of Concorde and was thinking about
> >another batch, this time maybe 5 gallons made from white Niagara
> >grapes using also concentrated and frozen juice.
> >I will be using Jack K's recipe but was wondering if anybody had
> >experience with this type of wine? How does it taste? Can it be kept
> >for a few yeras? Is it worth doing it?
> >The only availabe juice now is grape and peach combination.
> >I can not locate anywhere100% white grape concentrate.
> >Tee
>