Storing grape juice

[malgatos]

I am growing my own grapes (cab, merlot & zin) and have only a few vines in a very small space -- which means I need to store either my grapes or my juice as my grapes become ripe until I have enough for a batch. What is the best way to do this? Juice and freeze......? Any ideas out there??

 

[pjd]

I would de-stem the grapes, wash them then freeze them whole.

 

[Runningwolf]

Hard to say without more information. Are you talking about a 1 gallon or 50 gallon batch?

 

[BobF]

I'm with Phil. Freeze the destemmed grapes.

 

[malgatos]

I'm talking about maybe 12-15 pounds (for a gallon), but I believe it will be another month or so of growth before I can collect that much from my little vines.

 

[BobF]

3 one gallon zip-locs should do the trick!

 

[malgatos]

Thanks much for the input!!

 

[JohnT]

Pictures would be real neat.