Fruits with Wild Muscadine

[DougW]

We just started our first batch of Muscadine Wine from wild grapes we picked on our east Texas property, but I’m afraid we had to water it down too much – At one quart of juice to 3 quarts of water we had to add 22 cc’s of sodium hydroxide to get the color change. We more than doubled the volume with water before using potassium carbonate to get the acid down.
The next batch, we are considering using a fruit with our muscadine to bring the acid down. That’s my question – does anyone have suggestions on what fruits would go good with muscadine? We are considering blackberry. Better yet, any recipes combining other fruits with muscadine or similar wild grapes? We are a puzzled by what proportions to use.

Thanks, DougW

 

[Joseph1]

Here are some ideas from some commercial wineries.<?amespace prefix = o ns = "urnchemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" />

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Blackberry/Muscadine
Peach/Muscadine
Plum/Muscadine

Chateau Elan, GA
Muscadine/Raspberry
Muscadine/Peach

<st1lace wt="on"><st1laceName wt="on">Smokey</st1laceName> <st1lace wt="on">Mountain</st1lace></st1lace> Winery, TN
Muscadine/Peach

Still Pond Vineyard and Winery, GA
Peach/Muscadine
Blackberry/Muscadine
Muscadine/Honey

The <st1ountry-region wt="on"><st1lace wt="on">Georgia</st1lace></st1ountry-region> Winery, GA
Blackberry/Muscadine
Raspberry/Muscadine
Peach/Muscadine