I've inherited a quince and I want to make wine from the fruit but how can I
tell when its ripe?

Thanks
lorraine

"GoldDustRhiannon" wrote in message
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I've inherited a quince and I want to make wine from the fruit but how can
I
tell when its ripe?

Quinces are very acid indeed and I wonder if they will make potable wine.

Franz

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"GoldDustRhiannon" wrote in message
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I've inherited a quince and I want to make wine from the fruit but how
can
I
tell when its ripe?

Quinces are very acid indeed and I wonder if they will make potable wine.

Franz



Go to http://winemaking.jackkeller.net
Tells you everything you need to know. He doesn't rate quince wine very
highly but gives a recipe.

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Franz Heymann wrote:

"GoldDustRhiannon" wrote in message
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I've inherited a quince and I want to make wine from the fruit but how can
I
tell when its ripe?

Quinces are very acid indeed and I wonder if they will make potable wine.

Eh? True quinces are LOW on acid! Perhaps you are thinking of
Chaenomeles (a.k.a. japonica, a.k.a. Japanese quince).


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Franz Heymann wrote:

I've inherited a quince and I want to make wine from the fruit but how can
tell when its ripe?

Quinces are very acid indeed and I wonder if they will make potable wine.

It is possible, I suppose (I've done it once about twenty-five years
ago). But really the fruit is so acid that either it needs to be diluted
rather more than most fruit or else the acid needs reducing with calcium
carbonate.

If I remember correctly, I reserved my quince wine for blending, but
even then it wasn't very successful.
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On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Nick Maclaren wrote:

I've inherited a quince and I want to make wine from the fruit but how can
tell when its ripe?

Quinces are very acid indeed and I wonder if they will make potable wine.

Eh? True quinces are LOW on acid! Perhaps you are thinking of
Chaenomeles (a.k.a. japonica, a.k.a. Japanese quince).

Er, yes! Well, *I* was!

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I've inherited a quince and I want to make wine from the fruit but
how can I
tell when its ripe?

One quince?

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I've inherited a quince and I want to make wine from the fruit but how can
I
tell when its ripe?

Quinces are very acid indeed and I wonder if they will make potable wine.

You can remove it or reduce it with powdered chalk, available from most
winemaking shops.

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I've inherited a quince and I want to make wine from the fruit but
how can I
tell when its ripe?

One quince?

I wondered that. It would be difficult to inherit a tree - unless you
inherit the ground it lives in too of course.

I've made quince wine and didn't like it but I always grab the fruit if I
have the opportunity - to use in jams or pies. Yum.

Mary

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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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Franz Heymann wrote:

"GoldDustRhiannon" wrote in message
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I've inherited a quince and I want to make wine from the fruit but how
can
I
tell when its ripe?

Quinces are very acid indeed and I wonder if they will make potable wine.

Eh? True quinces are LOW on acid! Perhaps you are thinking of
Chaenomeles (a.k.a. japonica, a.k.a. Japanese quince).

No, I am thinking of real old fashioned quinces. The orchard in my parental
home had a number, and my school had a hedge of them. The latter served the
additional purpose of providing the canes for chastisement. Both groupd
were intensely sour to the taste.

Having said that, quinces make superb jams and jellies.

Franz

Subject: Quince
From: "Franz Heymann"
Date: 27/09/2003 14:53 GMT Daylight Time
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
Franz Heymann wrote:

"GoldDustRhiannon" wrote in message
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I've inherited a quince and I want to make wine from the fruit but how
can
I
tell when its ripe?

Quinces are very acid indeed and I wonder if they will make potable wine.

Eh? True quinces are LOW on acid! Perhaps you are thinking of
Chaenomeles (a.k.a. japonica, a.k.a. Japanese quince).

No, I am thinking of real old fashioned quinces. The orchard in my parental
home had a number, and my school had a hedge of them. The latter served the
additional purpose of providing the canes for chastisement. Both groupd
were intensely sour to the taste.

Having said that, quinces make superb jams and jellies.


I know this is probably a silly question, but... How can you tell which is the
true quince and which is the japanese one?
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I know this is probably a silly question, but... How can you tell which is the
true quince and which is the japanese one?

True quince is pear shaped and grows on a big tree. japanese quince is
small and round and grows on a low bush.
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Subject: Quince
From: Kay Easton
Date: 27/09/2003 15:22 GMT Daylight Time
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I know this is probably a silly question, but... How can you tell which is
the
true quince and which is the japanese one?

True quince is pear shaped and grows on a big tree. japanese quince is
small and round and grows on a low bush.

Thank you, it's something I've wondered about.
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from "Mary Fisher" contains these words:

One quince?

I wondered that. It would be difficult to inherit a tree - unless you
inherit the ground it lives in too of course.

I've made quince wine and didn't like it but I always grab the fruit if I
have the opportunity - to use in jams or pies. Yum.

Indeed. One of my favourite preserves. I'm watching the fairly decent
crop of Japanese quinces on my tr^bu^shrub.

Wine made from quinces is a wate of bottles. (IMO)

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I know this is probably a silly question, but... How can you tell
which is the
true quince and which is the japanese one?

The Japanese quince grows on a shrub and is like a small apple and is
rock-hard. It is very fragrant but sour enough to draw your arse up to
your elbows. Or armpits if the fruits aren't ripe.

The quince used in Western cuisine is like a big yellow Williams pear,
quite hard, and sour until it is really ripe. Lovely smell.

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