Hi!
Are you familiar with Jack Keller's wine site? I used his pumpkin recipe.
Here's the address:
http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/index.asp
Darlene

"busygal" > wrote in message
om...
> Darlene:
>
> Do you have a recipe for the pumpkin wine? One you're willing to share?
>
> ty,
>
>
> "Dar V" > wrote in message
>...
> > Good for you. Sometimes you get surprised - I bottled my pumpkin wine
about
> > a month ago. This wine is supposed to sit for 2 years, but I was very
> > surprised by what a few months of aging had done, considering it had
tasted
> > like rocket fuel. It had mellowed to a very nice slightly sweet white
wine,
> > very drinkable right now, but I'll wait.
> > Darlene
> >
> > "Allen McBroom" > wrote in message
> > . 4.21...
> > > Howdy........... It's been awhile since I posted, but I'm glad to
> > > see things still hopping around here.
> > > Back in the early summer, I made a gallon of wine using a gallon
of
> > > Welch's Grape/Mango juice blend, a packet of Montrachet yeast, no
water,
> > > and no sugar. I cleared it in the usual 28 day kit method of adding
> > > bentonite, and bottled after two rackings and about six weeks.
Tasting
> > > the dregs left me with the idea I'd wasted a perfectly good packet of
> > > yeast; it was pretty nasty stuff.
> > > Finding no wine around the house that suited me tonight, I thought
> > > I'd see just how bad the grape/mango had become. Much to my surprise
(a
> > > TREMENDOUS surprise), the wine I bottled in July was very nice! A bit
> > > like cranberry, no tannin strength at all, mostly dry, low acidity,
the
> > > color of cranberries, and a very confused and pleasantly surprised
> > > amateur vintner. The body is lacking, but considering I paid
$2/gallon
> > > for the juice, that's 50 cents a fifth. This is drinkable enough
right
> > > now it could be served as a late afternoon wine to guests who are a
bit
> > > adventurous, and not too rigid in their expectations.
> > > The other three bottles will rest for a few more months, and maybe
> > > I'll try one around Christmas.
> > > Again, glad to see all the activity in this NG, the lack of OT
> > > trash, and (finally) a decline in postings re the French (although, I
> > > must admit, I cheered quietly for many of those posts).
> > >
> > > --
> > > Allen McBroom ><>
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