Joe Sallustio wrote:

> As far as I am concerned the theory that hot pressed reds are inferior
> products lacking body and character is hogwash.
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Joe,

I have no experience with hot pressed red juice wines, so I fully accept
your description of them. Perhaps I unfairly lumped them together with
red concentrate wines, which I still maintain are inferior to whole
grape wines. At least the dozen or so I tried over the years were.

Please remember that the sgbrix never said that the juice in question
was hot pressed, but that the vendor gave some confusing explanation of
how the juice was processed. That vagueness, together with the vibrant,
Disneyesque color makes me wonder if the juice were simply cold pressed
and color added. The taste seems OK to sgbrix, so perhaps the juice is
everything it should be. The bright colors are still a puzzle, though.
Do hot pressed reds usually show such vibrant colors ?

I'd like to try a hot pressed red. Are they available in small
quantities or only in bulk? Maybe I can convince my local supplier to
stock some. When I was there recently, he was as surprised as hell (and
annoyed) to learn that the 5 gal pails of "juice" he'd gotten in were
actually reconstituted from concentrate. He hadn't read the fine print.

Regards, Mike MTM