Making a Twenty Year Kit Wine
updated 05/24/2024 Recently a friend posted on WineMakingTalk — he wants to make a wine to lay down for twenty-one years, in honor of his new grandson. He makes kit wines, and asked for...
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2023 Zinfandel
December 2023 I’m making a new Zinfandel kit, one unlike I’ve seen (or tried) before. This kit is actually two 3 US gallon kits that are being made together, to produce one 6 US...
What’s in a Wine Kit?
updated 01/01/2023 I see a lot of questions regarding what is in a “wine kit”. I’m offering my take on subject, both in terms of description and why each is necessary. First — what...
2022 Merlot / Tempranillo
October 2022 We are trying 2 experiments of the same type this fall. Our main batches are 8 lugs each Grenache and Tempranillo. We took the pomace from each and added to it a...
2022 Merlot / Grenache
October 2022 We are trying 2 experiments of the same type this fall. Our main batches are 8 lugs each Grenache and Tempranillo. We took the pomace from each and added to it a...
2022 FWK Kit + Grape Pomace in Detail
Last updated 08/19/2024 Note: This post has been in draft since last fall — I just didn’t get around to updating it and publishing it. I’m going through draft posts, some of which have...
2022 Strawberry
June 2022 Label Peelers did it to me again — they advertised a 72 hour BOGO sale on Finer Wine Kits, so I had to buy more kits! Unfortunately, I hesitated. I was going...
2022 Blackberry
June 2022 Label Peelers did it to me again — they advertised a 72 hour BOGO sale on Finer Wine Kits, so I had to buy more kits! Unfortunately, I hesitated. I was going...
2022 Strawberry and Blackberry in Detail
Last updated 10/05/2022 I’m giving the “in Detail” treatment to the Finer Wine Kits Frutta Strawberry and Blackberry kits. Why? For three reasons: These kits are yet another departure from normal, no matter how slight,...
2022 FWK Sauvignon Blanc in Detail
Last updated 05/21/2022 This blog is a step-by-step description of making a Finer Wine Kits (FWK) Sauvignon Blanc according to their directions. How is this different from previous kits? FWK has updated the Tavola...