2021 Rhone Blend
November 2021 Eric & I are plowing ahead with our plans to make a Rhone-style wine this fall. While we had intended to do it with fresh grapes, that didn’t work out. So …...
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2019 Vieux Chateau du Roi
May 2019 I stopped in American Brewmaster yesterday to purchase oak cubes, as I decided to add a bit more oak to the merlot I started last week. An R J Spagnols kit —...
2018 Vieux Chateau du Roi
October 2018 This is a medium body red blend. Winexpert does three levels of this French blend — this is the Selection kit, which is their high end. I’ve done this one in the...
2011 Vieux Chateau du Roi
November 2011 – To avoid legal problems the kit wines that emulate a regional style have to use a different name, which are sometimes hard to figure out. This one is a Chateauneuf-du-Pape (Rhone)...
1996 Vieux Chateau du Roi
December 2007 – I stopped into American Brewmaster to get something (probably yeast to jump start the muscadine) and decided to give this kit a try. This is the first kit I tried –...