Hi Dar V:

Do you have plans for cranberry wine this year? I've seen some
attractive prices on cranberry in the stores last week. Can you get
them fresh were you are. We can't, the drive to the bogs is 4 hours
and part of the fun of making wine, I think, is scrouging and making
decent wine on the cheap. The gas to there would kill the cheap part.

Last year we made one with 2lbs. per gallon cranberry and 1lbs raisin
per gallon. It turned out to light in flavor and too high in alcohol.

So we thought to try 3lbs. per gallon with the raisins and keep the SG
at 1.095 or less.

Anyway I hope you're having a good holiday.

Steve - Noobie
Oregon





>Darlene wrote
>Lol. From what I had read from those who have been at this longer than I
>have; certain fruit wines can lose their color. I try to avoid this by
>keeping the carboys covered and away from light as much as possible. I also
>try to keep my wines in a dark place, away from light - I usually do this by
>covering my wine racks with something like a towel, sheet, etc.. I did
>convert an old entertainment center to wine storage, by putting my wine
>racks in it, and then rigging a curtain rod on the front so that the
>curtains cover the whole front of the entertainment center.
>Darlene
>