# What wine tastes the most like grape juice? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** wine\ **Created:** [June 14, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wine-tastes-the-most-like-grape-juice/585401 "2011-06-14T05:05:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wine-tastes-the-most-like-grape-juice/585401/21 "2011-06-15T20:04:46Z")
> [@redtail23](#): > > Yup, what you want is a fine bottle of Manischewitz Concord Grape. Yep, I’ve found that whenever I’ve been invited to a Jewish holiday meal, the wine tasted very juicy. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/59ef9b/32.png) [@FlyingRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRat)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wine-tastes-the-most-like-grape-juice/585401/22 "2011-06-15T20:29:27Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > What kind of wine did they have in the Holy Land around Jesus’ time? Because according to my church, _that wine was just like grape juice_. Hehe. 😃 The (ELCA Lutheran) church that I grew up in actually used the Manischewitz Concord Grape for Communion. It was a dangerous gateway into real wine drinking, especially for us acolytes and Communion assistants. (Manischewitz and pita, mmm…except for the time the Altar Guild accidentally bought onion and garlic pita, which made for a memorable service.) ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wine-tastes-the-most-like-grape-juice/585401/23 "2011-06-18T04:53:03Z")
Wow, you guys aren’t kidding. I bought a bottle of Manischewitz because of this thread out of curiosity. I think the last thing I drank that had this much sugar in it was a can of Mountain Dew. It’s the first wine I’ve tried that belongs in a plastic cup. First red wine I’ve actually liked, though. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wine-tastes-the-most-like-grape-juice/585401/24 "2011-06-18T05:05:17Z")
I thought _labrusca_ had less resveratrol than the best varieties of _vinifera_. On the other hand, plain grape juice still has a respectable amount if you drink enough of it. If you don’t really like wine, why not just drink the grape juice? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wine-tastes-the-most-like-grape-juice/585401/25 "2011-06-18T05:06:27Z")
Is it just me, or does this sound like a “How to Date-Rape/Kiddie-Molest” thead? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wine-tastes-the-most-like-grape-juice/585401/26 "2011-06-18T05:07:47Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Is it just me, or does this sound like a “How to Date-Rape/Kiddie-Molest” thead? > > 😕 Just you. Hi, I’m Chris Hansen. Why don’t you take a seat right over there? ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wine-tastes-the-most-like-grape-juice/585401/27 "2011-06-18T06:48:03Z")
Rieslings and Gewurtztraminers both tend to be pretty sweet, and if you can find a late harvest version of either, they’ll be even sweeter. ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wine-tastes-the-most-like-grape-juice/585401/28 "2011-06-18T10:22:52Z")
I appreciate this thread. I don’t really like the taste of wine, but if it’s sweet and grapey, I might try the suggestions. Oh, and I’m not a child or a child-rapist. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wine-tastes-the-most-like-grape-juice/585401/29 "2011-06-18T20:15:51Z")
> [@LorieSmurf](#): > > I appreciate this thread. I don’t really like the taste of wine, but if it’s sweet and grapey, I might try the suggestions. Oh, and I’m not a child or a child-rapist. This post has been graped by the child-grapist! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![little1one11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f17d59/32.png) [@little1one11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/little1one11)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wine-tastes-the-most-like-grape-juice/585401/30 "2011-12-06T01:28:47Z")
Leelanau Cellars, Great Lakes Red! Tastes so very much like Grape juice. I should know, I searched far and wide for this 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wine-tastes-the-most-like-grape-juice/585401/31 "2011-12-06T02:12:52Z")
For sweet wines, I’ve found some of the whites are sweeter, like say, Moscato. Very sweet. But then, I think grape jellly/juice is repugnantly vile. I do like very sweet wines though–ones that are too sweet for most people. ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wine-tastes-the-most-like-grape-juice/585401/32 "2011-12-06T07:26:12Z")
I might get around to trying some of the suggestions, but “Night Train” tastes like grape juice, as does cheap port – sweet and grape-like. Hard to find Night Train in decent neighborhoods, but I’d drink a fifth of that over most anything else if I just wanted to drink grape juice with alcohol. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wine-tastes-the-most-like-grape-juice/585401/33 "2011-12-06T15:13:50Z")
I would suggest a Ruby port. Not that Grapey tasting but it is a rich, sweet wine with very dark, grapey color. I think a lot of people come to wine for the first time expecting something like grape juice and intead get the dry, tannic taste that most of us think of as a good thing in red wine. I can see that that would be off-putting. Try a dessert wine like a Moscato or a port or Manischewitz Concord. Ain’t nothing wrong with that. There are thousands of non-dry wines out there. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wine-tastes-the-most-like-grape-juice/585401/34 "2011-12-06T15:54:01Z")
Port can be awfully syrupy. I like ports, but not everyone does. Just a note of caution! Maybe order one at a restaurant before buying a bottle. Not that port (like wine) needs to be expensive, but some can be. And I think (thought I may be wrong) that ports do not oxidize as readily as wine. So bonus - the port will last longer opened than a bottle of wine will. Although I don’t think that an opened bottle of Manischewitz will noticeably degrade in quality over any amount of time anyway, now that I think about it. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wine-tastes-the-most-like-grape-juice/585401/35 "2011-12-06T16:54:03Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Is it just me, or does this sound like a “How to Date-Rape/Kiddie-Molest” thead? > > 😕 Thanks for giving me a flashback to that Very Special Episode of _Diff’rent Strokes_, when Gordon Jump got Dudley and Arnold drunk on muscatel… ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wine-tastes-the-most-like-grape-juice/585401/36 "2011-12-06T17:06:06Z")
I’ll throw down for Concord varieties as well. Here’s the one I favor: [Mount Hope Wineries Concord](http://mounthopeshop.parenfaire.com/Concord_p_18.html) Ignore the Ren Faire bit. That’s relatively new. When I started buying it there was just a black and purple label. Excellent wine, though. Especially if you’re into taste. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wine-tastes-the-most-like-grape-juice/585401/37 "2011-12-06T17:08:06Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > I’ll throw down for Concord varieties as well. Here’s the one I favor: > > [Mount Hope Wineries Concord](http://mounthopeshop.parenfaire.com/Concord_p_18.html) > > Ignore the Ren Faire bit. That’s relatively new. When I started buying it there was just a black and purple label. Excellent wine, though. Especially if you’re into taste. That’s pretty much right up the road from me. Yeah, the Mount Hope grounds are the site of the PA Ren Faire and a bunch of other events, too. Nice place. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wine-tastes-the-most-like-grape-juice/585401/38 "2011-12-06T17:30:35Z")
This may be a bit obvious, but why not just drink grape juice? I can guarantee that it will taste like grape juice. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wine-tastes-the-most-like-grape-juice/585401/39 "2011-12-06T17:32:47Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > This may be a bit obvious, but why not just drink grape juice? I can guarantee that it will taste like grape juice. Are the healthy parts of red wine (as ordered by the OP’s doctor) in grape juice, or do they only develop when the juice is fermented into wine? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wine-tastes-the-most-like-grape-juice/585401/40 "2011-12-06T18:02:08Z")
This brings back memories. We’re not Jewish but my Italian grandmother always thought we should have wine with dinner and we either had Mogen-David or the Manischewitz Concord Grape. The kids got it mixed with 7-Up, I thought I was so cool getting to drink wine as a child. Imagine my surprise when I got older and tried other wine. I’m not really crazy about reds and I prefer the less dry whites or pink wines but I can’t see myself drinking the fruit juice wine again … unless I mix it with 7-Up\*. \*It must be 7-Up, Sprite is not an acceptable substitute. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wine-tastes-the-most-like-grape-juice/585401.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wine-tastes-the-most-like-grape-juice/585401.md?page=3)