Steve Landis wrote:

Paul E. Lehmann wrote:

Joe Sallustio wrote:

On Feb 2, 4:03 pm,
"
wrote:
I am considering ordering malbec grapes from
South America. The supplier has quoted 18
pound boxes. How many gallons should I get
out of an 18 pound box of malbec grapes?

Does any one have any suggestions or comments
about what to expect with this grape?

Thanks.
Orlando
About 1.2 gallons US; if these are shipping
across a border and get held in Customs you
may not be happy in the end.

Joe

Joe, those Central Valley California grapes
that I believe we have both used to make wine
are excess grapes that the wineries in
California could not
use. At least this is what S&S, a distributor
who sells the grapes in Baltimore told me.

(snip)

Bought grapes from S&S
http://sandswinegrapes.com three years ago but
it is my understanding that they weren't getting
their grapes from the
Central Valley any longer. That might have
changed. I've been buying Central Valley
grapes - Lodi - with the Washington Winemakers
http://www.washingtonwinemakers.org/ for the
last two years with good
results. Here are some of the grapes we brought
home...

http://www.washingtonwinemakers.org/...07117IMG78.htm
BTW, I like the new plastic boxes - they
collapse, are recyclable, and
they reusable. We are going to use them this
year to harvest some Pennsylvania grown grapes
at my in-laws vineyard.

Where are you buying the grapes that come in the
plastic boxes. They indeed do look good -
besides, I need a few more lugs for my back yard
vineyard.


Didn't mean to help hijack this thread - I
haven't used the malbec grape
yet but I do know that buying grapes that are
shipped 3000+ miles in
refrigerated trucks works just fine.

Steve