Other Raisins, Syrah or Cab Sauv grape pack

[jiml]

So for christmas my in-laws got me a gift certificate to amazon. I know these are probably not high quality kits but for the price with subscribe and save, I couldn't resist. So I order the kit below.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ELJKCI/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

As you can see it is an Italian Amarone kit. Just received it via FedEx. It does not have raisins or a grape pack. I have two kits under my belt now and I want to experiment a little.

Which do you think would be best to add, raisins, syrah or cab sauv grape packs? I am leaning towards raisins just based on the idea this is an amarone but I think a cab sav grape packs might give better body.

Any thoughts? If I were to do this, would I just not add as much water to bring it up to 6 gallons? This is a 16 liter kit.

 

[Tom]

I would add 2# of raisins. Amarone should have a "raisiny" taste.
How often did you select for getting more kits of amarone?

 

[jiml]

I would add 2# of raisins. Amarone should have a "raisiny" taste.
How often did you select for getting more kits of amarone?

With amazon you can "subscribe and save" and immediately cancel after you receive your order. So I selected 6 months and I will cancel it in a few days.

I thought raisins might be the best choice but I thought I would ask anyways. Does anyone had any suggestions on what brand of raisins? I might just go to Whole Foods or another organic store to pickup some raisins in the hope that they aren't heavily sulfited. However, I will follow some of the instructions I read on this forum on dealing with raisins in general to get rid of some of the sulfites.

 

[cpfan]

Part of the description ofs this kit is

All ingredients are 100% food grade OGM Free

Does anybody know what "OGM Free" means? Cause I keep thinking it means "free of Original Grape Material".

EDIT: I just figured it out "free of Organically Grown Material".

Steve

 

[Wade E]

I think Id have to go and agree with Tom 110% on this!

 

[Wade E]

I think it has something to do with pesticides on the crops and those crops being genetically manufactured.

 

[Tom]

With amazon you can "subscribe and save" and immediately cancel after you receive your order. So I selected 6 months and I will cancel it in a few days.

I thought raisins might be the best choice but I thought I would ask anyways. Does anyone had any suggestions on what brand of raisins? I might just go to Whole Foods or another organic store to pickup some raisins in the hope that they aren't heavily sulfited. However, I will follow some of the instructions I read on this forum on dealing with raisins in general to get rid of some of the sulfites.

I get my raisins from Sams.
Be careful. LOOK and see if therearepreservatives in them. If so do not use. Look for the "dark" raisins

 

[jiml]

Thanks for the advice, I will check out costco next week sometime and see if they have any raisins that will work.

 

[user 17778]

I've made some of these Amazon kits and you may also want to add some oak. Also I make these up as 5 gallon kits instead of 6 gallon.
Laura

 

[mmadmikes1]

I use plain old Sun-Maid raisons