"gwtx2" > wrote in message
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>I just started a peach wine in the primary. The kit instructions, which
> was a large can of peach halves and juice, said to place the fruit in a
> straining bag, and drop the bag into the primary. It didn't mention
> that the fruit should be squeezed/mashed or not. Should I squeeze/mash
> the fruit or just leave it as it came out of the can? Thanks
>
I would skip the bag and just mash the fruit in with other ingredients,
fermenting directly on the fruit. Then do like you would with fresh fruit
and punch the cap down twice a day. When the cap falls, pour it through a
fine mesh back and strain out the fruit. But that is me.

Ray