Store bought Fruit for home wine making?
Sometimes it can be hard to pick enough fruit blackberries or wild grapes for home wine making. I was wondering if anyone has had any luck making wine with store bought grapes or berries. If so what types. I am using a 6 gallon kit and i am a beginner. Thanks in advance.
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For making wine, I wouldn’t recommend the store bought grapes, since they’re more for eating and not wine. if you plan to use store bought grapes, I would suggest making sure you leave more of the residual sugars. as for blackberries, it shouldn’t be a problem as much. i would just try and shop at a local farmers’ market if you live in an area that grows either fruit and avoid the chain grocery stores. this way you make sure the fruit are getting is fresh, and with grapes, your wine will be a good representative of the area.
A lot of people use frozen fruit or juice for brewing and vinting. Just be sure that any juice you use has no preservatives or you will kill your yeast. With grapes, you have to be careful which variety you get. Sometimes, people who patronize the same home-brew store will get together and purchase crates of grapes from a winery..