Some time back I needed help identifying a plum variety I had on the farm..... Shiro, Japanese type plum is what it is... Now I've been pruning and taking care of this tree for many years... It owes me..... so now I want to make wine from the fruit.... I have read about how complex and wonderful the wine is, from this fruit.... Problem is, the recipes call for racking 5 times and waiting 2 years for maturity... That is a bunch of BS as far as I'm concerned..... I've never made wine, and I ain't waiting 2 years to drink the stuff.....
Sooooo, I need some sort of recipe and direction to head for a "quick" wine.....
The kits are endless.... Any help would be appreciated..... I do have a glass 5 gallon carboy...hydrometer left over from beer making days... (40 yrs ago)....
A little history, I enjoy Chillable Red box wine... and Shiraz and some Gewurztraminers...
Other than that, I am a beer lover.....
I saw all the wine making forums and I don't trust them nearly as much as I trust the folks on this forum, so don't even think about sending me that direction...
If wine making takes a hold here, maybe we can get a forum started....
I'm in no hurry..... Plums won't be ripe until the last week in July.... just thought I could start scavenging parts and supplies now.....
Oh, there is a winery about 1 mile from my place that I can probably get some of the stuff from... I got some sodium or potassium metabisulfite from them about 2 years ago....
Dave
My plum tree:
......................This tree probably puts out 50#'s of plums a year..........
Sooooo, I need some sort of recipe and direction to head for a "quick" wine.....
The kits are endless.... Any help would be appreciated..... I do have a glass 5 gallon carboy...hydrometer left over from beer making days... (40 yrs ago)....
A little history, I enjoy Chillable Red box wine... and Shiraz and some Gewurztraminers...
Other than that, I am a beer lover.....
I saw all the wine making forums and I don't trust them nearly as much as I trust the folks on this forum, so don't even think about sending me that direction...
If wine making takes a hold here, maybe we can get a forum started....
I'm in no hurry..... Plums won't be ripe until the last week in July.... just thought I could start scavenging parts and supplies now.....
Oh, there is a winery about 1 mile from my place that I can probably get some of the stuff from... I got some sodium or potassium metabisulfite from them about 2 years ago....
Dave
My plum tree:
......................This tree probably puts out 50#'s of plums a year..........
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