Where are you buying from?I get juice from a grape grower and importer here for a grreat price it's all sweetened to 21 brix and acid levels posted, adjust levels add yeast and your all set to go .All different kinds of grapes and fruit juices .
Don't depend on their statement of the TA, PH or BRIX. Always check it again, yourself, just to be sure. These readings can differ from one grape bunch to another on the same vine. When they test, they take a sample of a sometimes very large quantity of grapes. It may or may not be representative of what you get.Yeah, I just got the 23 liters of Cab/Merlot from Chile for $48. A friend made a drive to another state and picked it up. It's also balanced at a specific Brix, 21 I think.
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Not sure this applies to making wine from juice, but for the kits they have you put the oak chips into your primary and leave them behind for secondary. So they are only on the oak for about a week.Also, I want to add oak to my cab/merlot - dump the chips into the carboy for secondary fermentation and rack the wine on top?
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Walkers they also have hot packed juices I'll find the web site and post it >http://www.walkersfruitbasket.com/try that web site i've made crowd pleasing wines with there juice >