Someone may have read messages that i posted before and i thank you for the
responses. Now, i have yet another question. I live in pennsylvania and
well its pretty damn cold around here this time of the year, so good fresh
fruit isnt readily available. I was wondering if someone could tell me of
any good wines to make with fruit that might be available this time of the
year.

thanks again
jim

Jim,
Check out Jack Keller's site http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/index.asp -
he's got lotsa recipes and lotsa info on making wine at home. Welcome and
good-luck.
Darlene

"James K. Albert Jr." > wrote in message
...
> Someone may have read messages that i posted before and i thank you for
the
> responses. Now, i have yet another question. I live in pennsylvania and
> well its pretty damn cold around here this time of the year, so good fresh
> fruit isnt readily available. I was wondering if someone could tell me of
> any good wines to make with fruit that might be available this time of the
> year.
>
> thanks again
> jim
>
>

"James K. Albert Jr." > wrote in message >...
> Someone may have read messages that i posted before and i thank you for the
> responses. Now, i have yet another question. I live in pennsylvania and
> well its pretty damn cold around here this time of the year, so good fresh
> fruit isnt readily available. I was wondering if someone could tell me of
> any good wines to make with fruit that might be available this time of the
> year.
>
> thanks again
> jim

I Just started a batch with Welches Concord Grape Juice Frozen. So
far everything looks good. As far as fresh fruit(being a GreenGrocer
I would know ) Strawberries are stil a bit high out of Fl and Cali.
But I do have a gallon going. Also might try peaches from chile
They are good but you need to make sure they are ripe Not always easy
with imports . You might try canned fruit. I havent tried it yet. I
think you would need Fruit with natural juicenot syrup. Oh and Bananas
are alway plentiful. Hope this helps.

"James K. Albert Jr." > wrote in message >...
> Someone may have read messages that i posted before and i thank you for the
> responses. Now, i have yet another question. I live in pennsylvania and
> well its pretty damn cold around here this time of the year, so good fresh
> fruit isnt readily available. I was wondering if someone could tell me of
> any good wines to make with fruit that might be available this time of the
> year.
>
> thanks again
> jim

Oh also plentiful are Apples pears , And also a difficult one from
what I hear (but am trying it anyway ) Juice Oranges or tangerine.

On 02/29/2004 01:51 PM, James K. Albert Jr. said:
> Someone may have read messages that i posted before and i thank you for the
> responses. Now, i have yet another question. I live in pennsylvania and
> well its pretty damn cold around here this time of the year, so good fresh
> fruit isnt readily available. I was wondering if someone could tell me of
> any good wines to make with fruit that might be available this time of the
> year.


Last winter I was in the same situation - no fresh fruit,
all my equipment sitting around idle. So I made a tea
wine. Sounds strange but it's incredibly easy to make.
Mine is still a bit too young to drink, but the samples
that I did taste were pretty interesting.


--
Joe
http://www.joekaz.net/
http://www.cafeshops.com/joekaz

James K. Albert Jr. wrote:

> I was wondering if someone could tell me of
> any good wines to make with fruit that might be available this time of the
> year.

Apples are available year-round these days, you could try making some
cider.

--
charles

"Once ... in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew, and we were
forced to live on nothing but food and water for days."
- W.C. Fields

James K. Albert Jr. wrote:
> Someone may have read messages that i posted before and i thank you for the
> responses. Now, i have yet another question. I live in pennsylvania and
> well its pretty damn cold around here this time of the year, so good fresh
> fruit isnt readily available. I was wondering if someone could tell me of
> any good wines to make with fruit that might be available this time of the
> year.
>
> thanks again
> jim
>
>
Dried apricot is one I've seen that sounds worth trying.

You can make wine out of Welch's 100% frozen juice - there's grape juice,
white grape juice, and white grape peach. You can also buy frozen fruit
during the sales at the local grocery store - there was a sale at my grocery
store last week, but I have enough. Apples seem to be on sale a fair
amount, as well as bananas.
Darlene

"James K. Albert Jr." > wrote in message
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> Someone may have read messages that i posted before and i thank you for
the
> responses. Now, i have yet another question. I live in pennsylvania and
> well its pretty damn cold around here this time of the year, so good fresh
> fruit isnt readily available. I was wondering if someone could tell me of
> any good wines to make with fruit that might be available this time of the
> year.
>
> thanks again
> jim
>
>

Charles

Sorry if I sound stupid but is apple wine = cider?
I have a few bushels of apples and I am wondering what to do with them.

"Charles H" > wrote in message
...
> James K. Albert Jr. wrote:
>
> > I was wondering if someone could tell me of
> > any good wines to make with fruit that might be available this time of
the
> > year.
>
> Apples are available year-round these days, you could try making some
> cider.
>
> --
> charles
>
> "Once ... in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew, and we were
> forced to live on nothing but food and water for days."
> - W.C. Fields

Try making some Banana wine. Bottle it dry and it will be perfect for
topping off your future batches if you can save any


> >
> > thanks again
> > jim
> >
> >

Joe Ae wrote:

> Charles
>
> Sorry if I sound stupid but is apple wine = cider?
> I have a few bushels of apples and I am wondering what to do with them.

No worries, there is a lot of debate on what makes cider and what makes
apple wine. In my opinion, cider is only fermented apple juice. Apple
wine is made with added sugar and/or water. I perfer cider myself, it's
a great alternative to beer. Apple wines are nice as well though.

There is a good overview of the process
he<http://homepage.ntlworld.com/scrumpy/cider/cider.htm> HTH

--
charles

"Once ... in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew, and we were
forced to live on nothing but food and water for days."
- W.C. Fields

You are not stupid. The definition of "cider" is mote. In the US, cider is
generally defined as simple apple juice. Hard cider is fermented apple
juice, usually 5-7%. Then you can make a true wine with apples. In much of
the rest of the world, apple juice is apple juice and cider is the fermented
version that the US calls hard cider.

I hope that is all clear now. ;o\

That said Hard cider is a delightful drink on hot days in the summer. Dry
apple wine make a nice, non-descript, white table wine. Sweeten it a bit
and it is distinctly apple flavored wine.

Ray

"Joe Ae" > wrote in message
.. .
> Charles
>
> Sorry if I sound stupid but is apple wine = cider?
> I have a few bushels of apples and I am wondering what to do with them.
>
> "Charles H" > wrote in message
> ...
> > James K. Albert Jr. wrote:
> >
> > > I was wondering if someone could tell me of
> > > any good wines to make with fruit that might be available this time of
> the
> > > year.
> >
> > Apples are available year-round these days, you could try making some
> > cider.
> >
> > --
> > charles
> >
> > "Once ... in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew, and we were
> > forced to live on nothing but food and water for days."
> > - W.C. Fields
>
>

thanks for the great ideas Ray and Charles!

"Ray" > wrote in message
m...
> You are not stupid. The definition of "cider" is mote. In the US, cider
is
> generally defined as simple apple juice. Hard cider is fermented apple
> juice, usually 5-7%. Then you can make a true wine with apples. In much
of
> the rest of the world, apple juice is apple juice and cider is the
fermented
> version that the US calls hard cider.
>
> I hope that is all clear now. ;o\
>
> That said Hard cider is a delightful drink on hot days in the summer. Dry
> apple wine make a nice, non-descript, white table wine. Sweeten it a bit
> and it is distinctly apple flavored wine.
>
> Ray
>
> "Joe Ae" > wrote in message
> .. .
> > Charles
> >
> > Sorry if I sound stupid but is apple wine = cider?
> > I have a few bushels of apples and I am wondering what to do with them.
> >
> > "Charles H" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > James K. Albert Jr. wrote:
> > >
> > > > I was wondering if someone could tell me of
> > > > any good wines to make with fruit that might be available this time
of
> > the
> > > > year.
> > >
> > > Apples are available year-round these days, you could try making some
> > > cider.
> > >
> > > --
> > > charles
> > >
> > > "Once ... in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew, and we
were
> > > forced to live on nothing but food and water for days."
> > > - W.C. Fields
> >
> >
>
>