Ed,
If I could, I'd like to send you to Jack Keller's homemade wine site because
that's where I picked up the original recipe
http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/request.asp. Take a look at that recipe and
description, I did tweak the recipe by adding 1 lb of bananas, 1 can of
frozen Welch's 100% white grape juice,1/4 tsp tannin, and 1/2 tsp pectic
enzyme (for a 1 gallon recipe). By doing this, I did lower the sugar amount
to 5 cups. Yes, I do add water - 4 quarts + 1 pint (I like to have leftover
top-up to add later on). Good-luck.
Darlene

<Ed> wrote in message ...
> Hi Darlene, This is the first I've heard of pumpkin wine. I just
> happen to have a lot of pumpkin that has been cooked down from fresh
> and frozen in 1 pint containers.. We have always done this for the
> purpose of pies. I'm assuming this is the same base that you are
> starting from. I'm also assuming you are diluting in water. Can you
> get me started.
>
> Thanks,
> Ed
>
> On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 12:51:42 -0600, "Dar V" > wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>For those that were a part of the pumpkin wine discussion a month or so
>>ago;
>>I finally took a bottle of my 2003 pumpkin wine out and tried it over
>>Christmas. It was made in February of 2003 from frozen pumpkin chunks. In
>>fact, I call it Columbia pumpkin wine because I was making it and watching
>>the disaster about the space shuttle Columbia. Anyway, it had around a
>>13%
>>alcohol by volume, it was racked 3 times in a 7 month period before I
>>bottled it in September 2003. During the rackings, I did have a chance to
>>taste it, and it had a very raw, alcoholic kick to it which would blow
>>your
>>socks off. I did sorbate and sweeten with a 1/4 cup of sugar for the 1
>>gallon of wine. By the time I bottled it, it had mellowed considerably to
>>a
>>white wine with a slightly sweet taste (like a German Riesling wine). I'm
>>happy to say, that it has aged very nicely and really does taste like a
>>German white Riesling wine - still a bit sweet, but not overly so. I'm
>>very
>>happy with it.
>>Darlene
>>Wisconsin
>>
>