Juice bucket mixed results

[Chuck E]

Use the internet to search for Mosti Allgrape packs. I used them before and they do add to the body of juice buckets,

 

[joemercurio]

Use the internet to search for Mosti Allgrape packs. I used them before and they do add to the body of juice buckets,

I sell the allgrape packs that are produced from Mosti good product when I can get it. Adds body and color to your red wines!
Joe Mercurio
614.237.3333
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[Mpmare00]

So who has the best juice in the USA ?

 

[Spencerthebuilder]

Picking up 2 pails of Chilean juice at my local supplier tomorrow. Planning on adding a lug of CabSav between the buckets. Destemming by hand. Has anyone tried using a Kitchen Aid or comparable higher end countertop mixer to do the crushing? Easy clean up and i don't have a crusher. FWK seems to be including seeds now. I read the breaking or cutting the seeds produces a bitter taste. Too much tannin? But a dough hook and slow speed should release juice and produce a nice must slurry. Thoughts?

 

[joemercurio]

So who has the best juice in the USA ?

hard answer there if i had to say i would rate as follows:
calif
italian
chile
south african

 

[QuiQuog]

I've tried making wine from juice from buckets and kits with grape skins. IMHO, the product made with the skins has a much fuller mouth feel and body. So my question is where to order skins to compliment the juice buckets?
J

Here's a place that has them

Natural Grapes for Winemaking

These 100% Natural Grapes are the ideal grape additives to kit wines and wine made from juices. Adding actual grapes into the fermenter results in wines with more body, character, and structure. This additive pack can be shipped easily.

www.juicegrape.com

 

[Mpmare00]

hard answer there if i had to say i would rate as follows:
calif
italian
chile
south african

Thanks! How about companies or websites? I’ve been searching CA and pricing varies quite a bit. Juice states from x vineyard and I can’t find anything online about x vineyard. I found one CA online source that looks great, sells must with frozen grapes. However, they are very expensive. I just want to make sure whoever I buy from is not a waste because it’s all money and time. Thanks!

 

[BMarNJ]

Picking up 2 pails of Chilean juice at my local supplier tomorrow. Planning on adding a lug of CabSav between the buckets. Destemming by hand. Has anyone tried using a Kitchen Aid or comparable higher end countertop mixer to do the crushing? Easy clean up and i don't have a crusher. FWK seems to be including seeds now. I read the breaking or cutting the seeds produces a bitter taste. Too much tannin? But a dough hook and slow speed should release juice and produce a nice must slurry. Thoughts?

How many lbs in your lug? My supplier sells 18lb lugs from Chile in the Spring and 36 lb lugs from California in the fall. Either way, one lug won’t take any time to destem and crush. I think they may just roll around with the dough hook and you’ll need to be messing with it. You can crush them by hand as you pull them off the stem or put them in a bucket and crush with a potato masher or a length of 2x4. Just don’t do too many at one time. I use 36lbs for each pail which comes out to 8 gallons finished product.

 

[joemercurio]

Thanks! How about companies or websites? I’ve been searching CA and pricing varies quite a bit. Juice states from x vineyard and I can’t find anything online about x vineyard. I found one CA online source that looks great, sells must with frozen grapes. However, they are very expensive. I just want to make sure whoever I buy from is not a waste because it’s all money and time. Thanks!

what part of ca do you live in?

 

[joemercurio]

Thanks! How about companies or websites? I’ve been searching CA and pricing varies quite a bit. Juice states from x vineyard and I can’t find anything online about x vineyard. I found one CA online source that looks great, sells must with frozen grapes. However, they are very expensive. I just want to make sure whoever I buy from is not a waste because it’s all money and time. Thanks!

www.mercurioproduce.com