Hi ...last fall I put on a batch of wine using zin grapes from a local
produce company here in Fredericton N.B., Canada(east coast)......they
were from California of course.....the lugs had the Oceans Of
Wine-Bacchus School of Wine label....out of New Jersey.....the grapes
looked great ....no mold at all....some raisaining but not bad....high
brix(27)......added 1camden tabs/gal.......waited 24hrs....pitched
yeast......right away this must seemed different than my own grapes
that I grow.......had a "grassy" odor.....unable to really identify
due to my inexperience......but I continued on......made a second wine
from the skins.....then just for fun....a third.........this past
weekend I did some more racking.....all 3 batches have a funny odor
and a similar taste.....the first(main) batch being the most
pronounced in odor and taste.......perhaps its a "sulphite" odor I
detect???....could these grapes have been sprayed with sulphites at
the point of origin.....or could the particle board material that the
lugs were made of have leeched an odor??.....any thoughts
people??......thanks Andy Jones