Catawba Grape Wine
- Ripe Catawba grapes
- Sugar
Mash the ripe grapes to a pulp. Let them stand for 24 hours. Squeeze through a cloth and add 2 pounds of sugar to each gallon of pure juice.
Put in a cask but leave the bung out. Put a coarse muslin over the hole to admit the air. Let it stand for 6 weeks or until fermentation ceases. Close the mouth of the cask. Let the wine stand for several months after which it may drawn off.
Put in a cask but leave the bung out. Put a coarse muslin over the hole to admit the air. Let it stand for 6 weeks or until fermentation ceases. Close the mouth of the cask. Let the wine stand for several months after which it may drawn off.
Submitted by Feb 13, 2010
15 min 30 min 45 min
15 min 30 min 45 min