Grape Juice

I picked the Concord grapes from our small vineyard : ) of three vines and was able to squeeze out about 5 quarts of lucious juice.  The house was filled with that wonderful grape aroma!  


After stripping the grapes from the stems I boiled them in a pot to release the juice and crushed them with a potato masher.  The grapes were then strained through cheesecloth to produce the juice with no seeds or skins. No sugar was added to the juice.


I processed and sealed the quarts for 15 minutes in a water bath canner, so they will last for months on the pantry shelf.

Grapes boiling in the pot

Quart jars after being processed in hot water bath canner