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Default CWE - gonners?

In the 80's I made an Asti from a CWE Italian white grape concentrate. The
CWE concentrate did have a remarkably Asti-like taste, when combined with a
Grey Owl lab, champagne agar yeast.

At the time, I didn't realise that Asti Spumanti was a CO2 injection
process. Needless to say, 15 of the 20 carefully collected and wired, Asti
bottles exploded, when I introduced them to Mr.Secondary Fermentation.

I'd like to reproduce that Italian grape taste, not sparkling but as a table
wine. It seems that both CWE and Grey Owl are no longer. A quick google
didn't get any Italian style concentrates. Can anyone help out here? TIA.

Bertie