"james" > wrote "Regarding the question about "too much
sugar" I typically add no more than 8 oz to the gallon of my blackberry to
get a pretty sweet wine. I've added 12 oz to the gallon of the muscadine
and as was said it seems to mask the acidity not really sweeten the wine."

James - The 8oz/gallon is about 6.3% sugar and 12oz/gallon is about 9.5%
sugar. I agree...this is a lot of sugar and the wine should be sweet.

" I'm using the same North Carolina muscadines that a local winery uses
> to produce a great wine. The winery owners say to use 12-15 pounds of
> grapes per gallon and that they add nothing else except yeast. "

Is their wine sweet? Maybe they don't tell everything about their
procedure.

Bill Frazier
Olathe, Kansas