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Anybody here make wine?
Anybody here make wine?
Now that I've got a couple of fermenters the missus has expressed interest in making wine. We'd be looking at using a kit and her preference is for red wine. Just wondering if anyone has experience with these kits (or can recommend one) and what the quality of wine you get is like.
I did a few at an on-premise place during University (for cheap booze), but I've never done it at home. I can't say that experience was good.
I have tasted good one's, but generally I can't handle the sulfites that are usually added.
If you're not filtering at home, you'll want to give it plenty of time for the sediment to drop out (like up to a year). I have one relative that use to press grapes, but then gave up on all of that work & started using kits from Costco, which he seemed to think were consistently good.
I have tasted good one's, but generally I can't handle the sulfites that are usually added.
If you're not filtering at home, you'll want to give it plenty of time for the sediment to drop out (like up to a year). I have one relative that use to press grapes, but then gave up on all of that work & started using kits from Costco, which he seemed to think were consistently good.
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For red wines, you need to buy the high end kits with the grape skins, these go for well over $100, up to $175 (that's still only $6/bottle). And then you've got to age them for at least 2 years, just like "real" red wine. I've done a couple this way, and they turn out very good, I've done blind tastings with some of my favourite commercials wines in the $18-$25 range and the kit wine does allright... But I'd rather drink a great beer that I made from scratch rather than screw around with expensive wine kits.
As Derek stated, lay off the sulfites, and rely on time and aging for them to clear instead of adding all the chemcial crap they include with the kits... and certainly don't waste your money on an overpriced filtration system.
As Derek stated, lay off the sulfites, and rely on time and aging for them to clear instead of adding all the chemcial crap they include with the kits... and certainly don't waste your money on an overpriced filtration system.