I want to thank all those who enlightened me a few months ago about the
differences in adding oak during primary vs. after fermentation. I decided
to make my first real batch of concord wine from commercial grocery store
juice and I wanted oak to integrate well. I added oak chips to the primary.
It's now coming on two months and beginning to clear nicely. I must say, I
am very happy with the way the oak is part of the wine and rounds out the
flavors as opposed to just tasting like an oak addition - on top of the
wine. Once all the yeast flavors drop away, this is going to be a very
pleasant dry table wine.

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Greg Cook
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