As mentioned in this post, I was quite disappointed with the fact that my Baco juice I ordered from Lakeview Cellars had already fermented by the time I picked it up.

I spoke with the store manager, Bonnie and after going through her records, agreed that there was no record of Lakeview calling me in time to pick up the juice while it was still fresh. Lakeview did the right thing and has agreed to refund me the money I paid for the juice.

Kudos to them!

I do have a couple of ideas so that hopefully the Baco juice won’t be a total write-off. I have two pails; one I’m going to find out the results of letting nature take its course. We’ll find out if the wild yeast of the Beamsville area can produce decent wine.

The second pail of Baco must I’m considering refermenting by adding sugar to bring the specific gravity back up and then adding my wine yeast. I have no idea if this is a worthwhile excercise, but it will only cost a couple of pounds of sugar and 75 cents for yeast, and of course the space of the pail for now.

Next week, Lakeview better call me asap when the Reisling is harvested! I don’t want my juice sitting for a week, that’s for sure.

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