The Forgotten Batch of Bum wine

[Joeso]

About two years ago, There was a sale at the local grocer on Welches Frozen Grape Juice concentrate. I bought plenty because they were 2 for a dollar. After a few weeks, I got tired of drinking grape juice and one rainy saturday, I thought it would be fun to see how cheap of a wine I could make. If I remember correctly, I mixed the juice up according to the directions and added an extra cup of sugar and added redstar yeast. After a few weeks the wife started to complain about all the plastic gallon jugs (with balloons on top and all) full of grapejuice on the cabinets, so I bottled them immediatley.

Well, I found 6 bottles of this stuff that I had completely forgot about. They were stored on their sides and I can see a whole lot of dead yeast stuck to the side of the bottle. I cracked one open and only managed to finish half the bottle. The astringency was pretty bad, but otherwise, it tasted about like a red wine.

I'm wondering what to do with the other 5 bottles.

Suggestions?

[Shadetree]

Invite someone over who can also drink half a bottle of astringent, cheap wine at one sitting and open a bottle. Repeat four times.

[Elipsis...]

Build a still?

[Joeso]

are these good candidates for vinegar? Or should I save them for when a beer run isn't a viable option?

[deb_rn]

You don't want to make vinegar where other wine/beer is made... contamination of the whole house!
Wine doesn't just "turn into vinegar"... there is a process... usually involving a wooden barrel... probably not worth it.
have you tried sweetening it a bit... it will soften the "roughness" of the wine.

Debbie

[Joeso]

That's a common misconception. One can safely make wine/beer and vinegar in the same house with no worries, providing their sanitary practices are civilized. Nor does making vinegar require a wooden barrell. Just acetobactum, which is usually already in the air...