V kindly gave me concord grapes from his backyard on the twelfth of September. The juice measured to slightly more than 5% alcohol potential. I juiced the grapes by mashing them in a bowl with my hand, then squeezing them through a mesh strainer bag. I left it to ferment for a few weeks in a growler with an air lock. On the the 29th I bottled it directly using a siphon into two bottles, one with a cap, and one with a cork. I had just purchased an inexpensive hand corker that was terrible because it can't possibly work, but as luck would have it I checked Craigs List and someone was giving away a really nice floor corker that I picked up for free. So this is the first wine I have corked with the new corker. The resulting wine has a beautiful bright color and a really nice dry concord grape flavor, with a little acidity and tartness.
