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To be honest, I don't know. Many years ago I did a kit wine that included dried elderberries. I think they add both color and some flavor. As I said it was a long time ago.

Rocky, I have not added any metabisulfite or potassium sorbate as I was not quite ready to bottle yet. I may add some grape juice concentrate to it to get more flavor and body. I have added oak and I'll wait and see what that does for it. Al, Yes 3 months is a bit early to bottle but...

I have been making wine from kits & fresh grapes for about 15 years. I currently have 5 gallons of a DeChaunac grape that I fermented out about 3 months ago. I went to bottle it just before Christmas after I had cold stabilized it. I was very disappointed when I tasted it. It had very little...