Where do you guys source grape juice?
Wine kits at the lhbs?
online somewhere?
I’ve found 5 gal frozen pails for around $115 – that seems pricey, maybe not though?
Thanks
That seems about right to me. I don’t know the quality of the juice though.
Living in WA, I get mine from grapes. 
The $63 shipping for a $115 bucket of juice is way too cost prohibitive… :o
I’ll look harder for a local source. Unless someone knows of free shipping!
Some shops get those buckets by the pallet during harvest. Some require you to pre-order them. That should cut shipping down.
Well, I’ll be participating in a buy-in fresh crush this fall through the lhbs but I wanted a head start to begin experimenting. I’m not sure how that really differs from frozen must. This is a whole new realm for me.
There numerous clubs that you can buy-in with and the get fresh grapes from California and the western slope of CO, i would try and find one these clubs. also both Beer at Home (Lakewood and Westminster) and the Brew Hut (near cherry creek reservoir in Aurora) sell some kits and other ingredients
http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/winemaking/wine-ingredient-kits
Nice prices and about what I’ve been led to expect for six gallons of wine.
I too get mine from the winery @ harvest time. Delicato in Manteca, CA sells for like $3.15 a gallon. Bring my own fermentor, & it’s worth the gas for me to get there.
They just sell you the juice? That’s fantastic, and quite a deal! I don’t know of anything like that around here.
You have to go during “Juice Days”. Middle or last week in September usually. They offer both red & white juice blends that are already pH balanced. Add yeast & go - super easy. No choice on varietals but for that price, I’m makin’ most of the wine I drink.
I think 2 gallons would be more than enough to be all of the wine I drink in a year 
How do they do the reds if they aren’t also giving you the grapes? If I knew of a place around here doing that I would go for it next harvest.
Dang, that’s killer. $3.15 a gallon? Nice.
I’d have to drive a few hours to get over on the western slope for any wineries. I’ve not heard of anything like that before, but it may very well be worth looking into.
I get mine for free out of the woods.
All right tubercle, I’ll bite - what the hell are you talking about?
There are two wineries in Estes Park, that grow some of their own wine and also ship in form CA or the western slope.
Muscadine Grape (Vitis Rotundifolia) I believe. He talked about it before.
Euge is correct (ding, ding,ding, ding)!!! I also have several planted on trellises (or is it trelli ?) in the yard along with concord and Zinfandel; the latter two are not producing yet.
All that is needed is a space 3ft wide x 10ft long with good light exposure to plant one. 2 year old vines are under $10 on the net and I have even seen poor, dried up specimens in the big box stores.
I think my brother has some on trellises at his place in NC, but I didn’t know they just grew wild in the woods.
They are everywhere. I have them come up all along my property. I’m constantly cutting them down every year. Every wood lot in the S.E. are full of them. You can stand anywhere in the woods in SC and see 10 vines from where you stand…no exageration. A friend goes every year to the Sumter National forrest (see also: Sumter National Forrest ) in Union County with four 55 gallon drums in the back of his pickup and fills them in one day. Wine time 
I’ve harvested a few pounds of grapes in the foothills here in CO, but nothing like filling 55gallon drums! :o
There’s lots of wild grapes around, but they are tiny and are super astringent (require lots of sugar), so I’ve not really experimented with them too much (just mixing them into ice cream mostly). Wild grapes and wild hops like the same areas.
Unfortunately, I don’t have the option of planting a vine or vineyard for that matter as I am a lowly renter. Once we get a house, I’ll get some grapes in the ground.