Steve and Joe -

Both the Mosto Italiano and Home Wines claim to be juice.

I actually acquired the Home Wines from the factory where they make
that and the Sun Country Concentrates (I live close enough to get
there). Their claim on the 23L container is that it's just juice (not
from concentrate), but it has obviously been adjusted in some ways, as
they list certified amounts of Brix, Sulphite, and TA on the container
(and I confirmed all three as being in their ranges). I had assumed
that the Home Wine brand was just the Sun Country concentrate, before
they took all the water out :-). The 23L container only holds juice.

The Mosto Italiano comes in a sealed 23L pail, with the juice in a
bladder, and with kit ingredients and instructions (yeast, sulphite,
bentonite, etc.) both in the pail. I didn't measure sulphite (didn't
have any titrets at the time), but adjusted sugar and acid before
starting to get to numbers I wanted to work with; the numbers were
such that I don't beileve the juice was particularly manupulated
(TA=0.45!) As I had some experience with making wine straight from
pressed grape juice, I treated it as if it was free run from the
press.

Hope that answers the questions.

Rob