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The deviant instructions can be discerned only on the two bourbon oak packets themselves, where both are marked to hold one of them for the clearing stage.

You get two packets of bourbon barrel oak with the kit. One goes in right from the git go, the other during stabilization. I reckon there's going to be no shortage of bourbon oak if they choose to make this kit a permanent fixture like Forza -...

Fed ex just dropped mine off from LP

I don't get why a blend like last July's Nocturnal would have skins but this one does not. However, despite my squawking boredom and an empty fermenter got the better of me and I ordered the kit. I figure at LP's price still getting out at 5 bucks a bottle. But if I were on a tighter budget...

I haven't been doing this long, but I guess I'm skeptical that mold is growing in a pretty good kit wine you've made after fermentation and sulfiting.

Are you sure this just isn't bentonite somehow agitated up from the bottom of the carboy given your at the clearing and stabilization stage? I don't what that kit come with, but I have noticed I had some bentonite that really stirs to dissolve and I've and Bentonite that clumps.

I don't know why I haven't done the Stag's Leap yet. I've done the French Merlot from Winexpert and the Limited Edition Hawke's Bay New Zealand Merlot. The French was my first effort and I wasn't impressed...this, of course, may be my fault. Jury is out on the Hawkes Bay as it is only at 4...

Interesting that Winexpert still doesn't have this on their website under the What's New tab while multiple retailers DO have it listed for pre-order.

Yeah, I hope this is not a portent of things to come from Winexpert. The descriptor 'jammy' of itself is enough to put me off a bit.as well.

What about Zin Cab Sauv blends?

I was wondering the same thing. I don't want to commit to this until I find a comparable commercial wine to sample. Zin-Cab Sauv blend is kind of beyond usual experience and bourbon barrel sounds kind of gimmicky. Nothing wrong with that, but I'd like to know what I'm getting into.

The Old Vines Zin is a Eclipse kit. If your others were Selection 6 week kits and that's when your tasting and drinking it's most likely what pillswoj said...more age. I thought some Old Vieux Chateau was sour early on in my kit making experience and it just needed some aging...same with the...

I'd make last summer's Winexpert Eclipse Nocturne if they offered it again.. Had a bottle last weekend at the 9 and a half month mark and was sending Winexpert an email begging them to do for Nocturne what they did with Forza. Got a message back that there was another limited release coming...

I won a Silver with the Winexpert Eclipse Gerwurztraminer. I have no special talent - it was only my third kit ever and I religiously followed instructions. It seems that kit in that category accounts for several medals alone for Winexpert the last three years, and not nearly as many folks...

Has anyone tasted theirs yet? I'm almost nine months along on the first batch and haven't tasted since six.

Just listened to professor (a history of wine as commodity class) read from an 1895 document by an English importer chastising his Australian exporter for the taste of his wine - the faults being inferred did not sound like spoilage - but this English exporter was adamant that the wine needed to...

I've made nine kits - seven reds and two whites without being able to discern the so called kit taste. I'm not doubting anyone who claims to taste it...it may be that just don't have the best palate. I do agree that aging, especially on the premium kits, is important. I'm also something of a...

I concur with the Eclipse Stag's Leap...if you want to go a little cheaper try the Winexpert Intl French Merlot. Lot of oak in that kit. Also, the LE New Zealand (Hawkes Bay) Merlot which I have clearing looks good if you can find it anywhere.

There are a couple of these make your wine on premise places here in Michigan. Never been, but the two in my area post their prices online. Typically, say, an Eclipse kit which might retail for 169 cost 230 to make on premise. Needless to say, if you're really into wine and really enjoy the...

I just used the wine thief to steal 1.5 ounces of Nocturnal to sample at the six month mark. I'm bottling this weekend. I have another batch that will bulk age for another two months and it hits the six month mark. I had unrealistic hopes that this might be contest worthy for Winemaker's...