AAASTINKIE Welches White Wine

[Coaster]

Welches White Niagara 100% juice

18 cans concentrate
pectic enzyme (per dosage on package)
acid blend 4 TBS
yeast nutrient (per dosage on package)
yeast energizer (per dosage on package)
water to 23 ltr.
yeast 1 pkg (I used lavin 1116)
6 days rack to secondary
15 days (total) stablize and fine
campden 6 tabs
sorbate 1 1/2 tsp
superklear 1 pkg.
30 days filter and bottle
campden 6 tabs

31 bottles 11% ABV

Good taste at bottling time.


This is AAASTINKIES receipe, do I really need 12 campden tabs? Also, as I have never done this before and I'll need some supplies socan someone give me an idea on the size of the pectic, nutrient, andenergizer needed? I don't want to buy 2 oz to find out I need 8 or buy a pound to find out I need 2 oz.

 

[masta]

Here is link to an old discussion of the amount of sulfite in the white Niagara juice made by Welches. Please pay close attention to the post by Hal Maulden who is a chemist.
http://www.finevinewines.com/Wiz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=861&PN=2http://wdenww.finevinewines.com/Wiz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=861

 

[Coaster]

Thanks Masta, but you're going to have to spell this out for me. I should not add ANY Campden tabs at all?

 

[masta]

I have not made it as Frank and others have but I would be careful not to add too much more sulfite to this wine and without testing you really don't know what the level is.
That being said if Frank has made this and added two doses of campden tabs and the finished wine was ok then maybe the level is acceptable.

 

[Coaster]

Thanks again, what about the other ingrediants? How much of them should I buy to get started?

 

[masta]

I added links to the size needed if purchased from FVW




pectic enzyme <a href="http://www.finevinewines.com/ProdDetA.asp?PartNumber=7370A" target="_blank">http://www.finevinewines.com/ProdDetA.asp?PartNumber=7370A
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acid blend 4 TBS http://www.finevinewines.com/ProdDetA.asp?PartNumber=6120Chttp://www.finevinewines.com/ProdDetA.asp?PartNumber=6120A

yeast nutrient http://www.finevinewines.com/ProdDetA.asp?PartNumber=7357A

yeast energizer http://www.finevinewines.com/ProdDetA.asp?PartNumber=6365A

sorbate http://www.finevinewines.com/ProdDetA.asp?PartNumber=6355A


superklear 1 pkg. http://www.finevinewines.com/ProdDetA.asp?PartNumber=6383Edited by: masta

 

[paubin]

I was under the assumption that the ready to drink white grape is the one that is loaded with sulfites. I believe that the frozen concentrate has little or none in it. Correct me if I'm wrong please.


Pete

 

[Coaster]

I stopped by the store tonite and the white frozen juice says "sulfites" on the ingrediant list. No idea how much tho.

Edited by: Coaster

 

[masta]

I sent an e-mail to Welches asking this same question but have not received any response as of yet.


My main point bringing this up was to help remind folks that the white grape juice does contain sulfites as moreinformation makes us all better winemakers!

 

[paubin]

I completely understand Scott, thats why they call you "the Masta"

Pete