First Muscadine Wine Need Advice

[GrapesofNoWrath]

Today I picked 70 pounds of a mix of Summit, Black Fry and Noble. The Summits are sweet blush colored. The Black Fry are sweet also. All were picked fully ripe. If I go with 5 gallons that will give me 14 lbs per gallon. If I go 4 gallons then 17.4 pounds per gallon. Is it worth it to go 4 gallons.
Should I wash before freezing?
I plan to freeze all of them.

I will thaw and crush. I need advice on how to deal with the acid. What do I need to measure it? Should I reduce it? What are the units of measurement? How do I reduce it. Do I need pectic enzyme? What does it do?

 

[Julie]

Yes wash before freezing. Get a ph meter, you can measure ph and acid with it. And I would crush them all and take an acid reading, then add enough water to adjust acid. Get your acid around .75%. I can't tell you how much water per pounds of muscadine, I add water to adjust acid and then go from there. Then once you do this enough, you will adjust for ph and taste to adjust for acid.