ASDA red grape juice, sultanas and black forests fruit wine

[Chippy_Tea]

Why do you say that, Chippy?
Does all the juice in the UK come from home-grown grapes?

When white grape juice vanished from the shelves many years ago i emailed the big supermarkets they said the crop had failed and as demand was so low they were not going to stock it again that was roughly nine years ago, i have checked online and 100% juice doesnt come up on ASDA ot Tesco sites so i assume its still scarce or they have never restocked it.

 

[An Ankoù]

When white grape juice vanished from the shelves many years ago i emailed the big supermarkets they said the crop had failed and as demand was so low they were not going to stock it again that was roughly nine years ago, i have checked online and 100% juice doesnt come up on ASDA ot Tesco sites so i assume its still scarce or they have never restocked it.

Fair enough.

I've never messed around with juice and I'm only doing it now out of curiosity. If you had 5 litres of white, what would you make with it?
I'm still going to make the dessert wine with sultanas and a yeast rich in beta-glucosidase, but I can always get another 5 Litres for about £7 so I might as while give it a go while I'm on a roll.
Incidentally, the white juice is by no means colourless, it;s a light honey colour.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

The first juice wine I liked was made with 1 litre of 100% apple juice and 1 litre 100% white grape juice I then started using 1.5 litres apple juice and 1 litre white grape in a demijohn to give it a little extra taste, I did try 4 litres of juice but that was way too much like an alcopop.

 

[floydmeddler]

I'll be stocking up on white grape juice next summer when I go to France again :-)

Have one bottle of this left. Can't wait to pop it open over Xmas.

 

[peterpiper]

You do not use 23 litres of juice you use 12 litres (you can add a little more if you want a stronger taste) basically multiply the recipes below by 5 for a 23 litre FV.

1 litre Red grape juice.
1.5 litre Apple Juice
750g Sugar.
1 tsp Tannin or a mug of very strong black tea. (3 bags stirred every couple of minutes as you put the rest of the ingredients together).....

Not sure what amounts you mean.
Is some water added, or does recipe use, say 12L of grape juice, with rest of the 23L (ie 12L, ignoring mug of tea volume) being apple juice?

 

[An Ankoù]

Not sure what amounts you mean.
Is some water added, or does recipe use, say 12L of grape juice, with rest of the 23L (ie 12L, ignoring mug of tea volume) being apple juice?

It confused me as well. Chippy shows a picture of grape juice and apple juice. I wonder if the rest is made up with apple juice.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Not sure what amounts you mean.
Is some water added, or does recipe use, say 12L of grape juice, with rest of the 23L (ie 12L, ignoring mug of tea volume) being apple juice?

5 litre Red grape juice.

8 litre Apple Juice

4 kg Sugar. (or total sugar 5500g)

5 teaspoon yeast (you can get away with 3)

5 teaspoon yeast nutrient

5 tsp Tannin powder (or a big jug of very strong black tea)

Top up with water to 22.5 litres.