Winging a Grapefruit Wine

Posted by Jack Keller's WineBlog in General, OtherApr 29th, 2009 | no responses A friend gave us a box of grapefruit and my wife squeezed most of them while I was at work yesterday. When I came home she proudly presented me with a gallon of juice and said, "Now you can make some grapefruit wine." I asked the obvious question; "How many grapefruit did you use to get this much juice?" Not a clue, so I dug through the trash and counted 28 halves. Hmmm. Two gallons of wine. I started weighing and stirring in sugar and somewhere along the way decided to make a 5-liter batch because I have a 5-liter secondary. It's gonna be strong on flavor and acidity, so I also started a gallon of white grape from Welch's 100% Niagara frozen concentrate in case it needs blending. Perhaps I'll start another gallon of Niagara just in case. I'll admit right up front that I'm winging the grapefruit. Read more....