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I bought a crusher and precrushed a second batch of grapes before pressing the grapes. I've got to be honest. The results weren't much different to just putting the grapes in the crusher whole. This is going to be really expensive if I'm only getting about 3 litres per 8 kilos of grapes. How do...

I put them in whole.

UPDATE: I just squeezed about 8 kilos of grapes from Amazon (South African grapes). I only got about three litres of juice from them with my brand new fruit press. Is this normal? It seems like a small amount of juice to me.

Does that mean that the grapes available in supermarkets are better for wine making?

I have considered this. But decided to jump straight into making wine kosher for Passover.

Yeah. See this page.

I won't pretend to fully understand the laws of Kashrus either. But from what I understand the Passover problem is as you rightly suggest the presence of chometz. This means that drinks like whisky and vodka are not kosher for Passover as they are brewed from grains. The wine itself, if I am...

Perhaps I didn't word my initial post very well. It's not that yeast is not kosher in general. The problem comes if you want it to be kosher for Passover. This means the wine cannot contain any elements from forbidden grains (mainly wheat, barley, oats, rye or spelt). I live in London. More...

Hi, I'm completely new to this. I haven't even bought my first brewing kit yet. I've ordered a grape press and some bottles from Amazon. I'm planning on brewing up some kosher wine. I understand that this can be done by just using the grapes juice and the grape skins. The grape skins have an...