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james
 
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(Droopy) wrote in message . com>...
> I am planning on makeing a walnut leaf wine using the recipie from
> Jack Keller's site. The question I have is will this wine have a thin
> body? I am concerned because the recipie looks basically like a sugar
> wash with leaves for flavor.
>
> What would you think gives the wine body? The main sugar source is
> demerara (raw cane) sugar, which is not availibe here. I was goig to
> substitute "sugar in the raw", or if I can find it turbinado sugar,
> for this. In addition there is a lb of honey per gallon.
>
> Any ideas are greatly appreciated.


I made a 5 gallon batch of oak leaf wine. I included 1 can of Welchs
grape concentrate and it still lacked body. Next time I'll add more
concentrate,