Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-22

plicated; that it requires great skill and
unusual facilit The truth Is, it is
much easier to make wine than cider,
as a large crusher and powerful press
are necessary to extract the juice from
apples, while that of grapes can be OBJ
tanned without the employment of eth
er Of them. The juice Of grapes is
fermented in the way that the juice. of
apples is, and to make q superior article
Of cider as much skill and care are re-
CURED as to make a good article Of wine.
A very good red or claret wine can
be made from the Concord grapes by
MASKING them In vat, an open barrel,
or tub, and allowing the juice to fer
ment with the grape skins for about
two days SO as to extract the colOring
matter and tannic acid. AT the end Of
this time the juice, or must, now beau
tifully colored, should be pressed out
and strained by squeezing the grape
pulp in a strong bag. This juice, now
in process of fermentation, should be
poured in strong. clean barrel or
cask, placed in a cool basement or
cellar. There should be more than
juice enough to fill the barrel or cask.
Tie barrel must be completely filled,
and the bunghole should incline slight
~ to one side. In short time the
juice will commence to ferment violent
ly, and in doing so will throw off i'm
purities through the oritice. The dis
placement of these impurities will
cause the liquid to settle, and as it does
! so, say at the end of every six hours,
some more juice, kept near the barrel
in pa OF pitcher, must be poured in
| to keep the fermenting barrel full. At
the end of five or six days the violent
! fermentation will cease and no more
| impurities will be thrown ont. The
bung can be put in loosely, but should
not be made tight till the end of a
month.
A white or uncolored wine can be
made of Concord grapes bv MASKING
and squeezing out the juice and not al
lowing it to ferment on the skins and
extract coloring matter from them.
Wine made by either process from Con-
cord grapes will be ''light;' that is
will contain very little alcohol. If more
alcohol is desired, sugar ca n be placed in
the barrel with the juice when it is set fer.
mcntng. Most persons who make wine
from grapes raised in the north add one
pound Of sugar to every gallon of juice.
Glucose is quite as good as corn sugar
for this purpose and its cost is much
less. A bushel of grapes will make
about four gallons of wine. If the
grapes are weighed. thirteen pounds
are expected to make a gallon. The
wine should remain in the cask in which
it is ferlneuted at least two months after
the fermentation ceases. 1t should ther
be crooked off," by placing Il rubbel
tube in the bung and allowing the clean
liquor TO flow into Il clean cask. 1t cal
be drawn of in tubs and returned te
the barrel in which it was fermented at
ter the sediment is removed from it anc
it is thoroughly cleansed. The clarified
wine can remain in the barrel till 1T i:
convenient to put it in bottles. Its acid
ity will increase by long standing in :
wooden vessel.
A very delicious article of vinegar
for table purposes can be made of tn,
uncolored wine obtained from Concort
grapes. Vinegar far superior to mos
OF that on the market can be made b,
soaking the grape pomace in water two
or three days, straining off the liquit
after it has passed through the frs
fermentation, and allowing it to remain
in partially-filled casl1 placed in
warm room. The bung should be lef
open and a piece of gauze placed owe
it to keep out insects. Wine vinega
has very agreeable taste. It has tn
flavor OF fruit combined with that o.
acetic acid. Persons who have becom
accustomed to the use of wine vjnega
will be dissatisfied with that made from
cider or distilled spirits. Concord
grapes are produced about as easily a
potatoes in most parts of the west. an
they can be utilized in many ways
The ripe clusters can be kept longe
than any fruit we raise with the excep
ton of apples. They make excellen
pies, tarts, jam. and jelly. They ar
among the best fruits for canning ant
preserving. A delicious wine can b
made from them, and from the refus
of the vat and barrel a good table vine
gar can be made. A few grape vine
can be made to greatly reduce the tabl
expenses of family and to add to it
comfort every day in the year.