43
GRAPES
Wine grapes can be hard to find. Fresh grapes are only available in the USA from July to November. Talk
to local produce suppliers and see when they have wine grapes available. You may be able to preorder.
If you are lucky enough live near a vineyard, go around harvest time and buy some cases of grapes off
them. Vineyards are quite happy to sell you a few hundred pounds if you are willing to pick them up.
If all else fails or you want to ferment over Christmas you can use frozen must. This is essentially grapes that have
been destemmed and frozen. Be careful that you are buying frozen whole grapes not some chemically or heat
treated concentrate. Frozen
must
makes excellent wine and the wine yield is actually slightly higher. Commercial
wineries do not use frozen grapes because they are quite expensive. But for home winemaking it is a viable
alternative.
A reputable supplier of frozen must is
brehmvineyards.com
. They have many varietals available and can ship UPS.
Tell them GOfermentor sent you!
