Grape Juice Concentrate for Winemaking

Red and white grape juice concentrates for country wine recipes and home winemaking. Choose a 250ml bottle to enrich a 4.5-litre country wine recipe, or a 1-litre concentrate when you need a larger quantity or want to use grape concentrate as the main base of a small wine batch.

Choosing a grape juice concentrate

• White grape concentrate: suitable for pale fruit, flower and white country wines where extra grape character, body and fermentable sugars are required.
• Red grape concentrate: suited to darker fruit and red country wines where deeper colour and richer grape character are wanted.
• 250ml: a convenient recipe-sized wine enricher. The manufacturer’s typical rate is 200–250ml per 4.5 litres.
• 1 litre: useful for several country-wine batches or as the grape base for a small batch, following the product instructions and a suitable recipe.

Using grape concentrate in country wine

Add the concentrate according to your chosen recipe rather than treating every fruit wine identically. Its sugars affect starting gravity and potential alcohol, so check the must with a hydrometer before adding extra sugar. Allow for the sulphur dioxide preservative listed on the product label and follow the recipe’s yeast-pitching instructions.

These concentrates are ingredients for fermentation and home winemaking; they are not sold as ready-to-drink grape juice.

Frequently asked questions

How much grape concentrate should I add?

Young’s states a typical rate of 200–250ml per 4.5 litres for enriching most country-wine recipes. Follow the particular recipe where it specifies a different amount.

Do I still need to add sugar?

That depends on the fruit, recipe and desired strength. Grape concentrate contributes fermentable sugar, so measure the must’s specific gravity before deciding how much additional sugar is needed.

Does grape concentrate replace yeast nutrient?

It contributes useful grape solids and nutrients, but demanding or nutrient-poor fermentations may still require a dedicated yeast nutrient specified by the recipe.

Does it contain sulphites?

Yes. These products list sulphur dioxide (E220) as a preservative and should be treated as containing sulphites.