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I had a similar first experience. Now I just sprinkle it in after seeing the instructions in my first wine kit. I don’t see the value in blending it.

Thanks for all the suggestions from everyone! It has been interesting doing all the research and thinking about how I can scale up. I don’t know if this will be a one shot deal or an ongoing relationship so I am trying to not too caught up on buying a lot of new toys. Pkm925, I did look up...

Up until now I have made wine using kits or buying juice from the local winery in batches of 6 gallons or so at a time. So all my equipment is geared towards that size of wine making. Someone has offered to give to me about 1200 pounds of Chambourcin grapes this harvest which I am guessing...

Jack Keller winemaking.net. A lot of winemaking info there.

I had access to pears for about four years. The best batch I made was following the Jack Keller recipe. Interestingly, it involved adding water to the juice. Normallyin winemaking that is a detriment, but I found it was a positive when it came to pear wine

I asked WE a few weeks ago what the status of it was. They said they had no plans at the moment bring it back. I agree I think it was one of the best kits out there

I just did a side by side comparison of 2 Lodi old vine zins. A friend and I started them about the same time. I did EM and used extra oak and he followed the instructions as written except that he didn’t use bentonite. After about 8 weeks the E-M version was smoother tasting. If I had to put a...

I’m trying EM in a Lodi old vine Zin.

I read an article the other day that seemed to say that adding oak during fermentation didn’t really help with non vinefera grapes.

I asked WE about it, they didn’t have any immediate info on bringing it back.

I tried it there, listed, but also marked as out of stock.

If there are any petite Verdot kits out there I have not been able to find one. Anybody have any idea if any of the kit winemakers are going to start producing it again?

I live in Columbia Mo. No options locally that I am aware of. St. Louis and Kansas City are about 100 miles away.

Other than wine kits, I have never had juice shipped to me. With the harvest from Chile do in soon I was wondering if anyone could recommend a source where I could order product and how that works in general. I’m looking in particular for petit Verdot.

I once asked a supplier why the instructions said to boil them and discard the water. The response was that is to reduce the harsher tannins in the chips. Nothing to do with sanitation. That being said, I have just thrown them into the must straight from the bag they came in regardless of...

I did email RJS and they got back to me and said that it does have two packages of grape skins. I guess I was used to the wineexpert company that only has one larger package of skins.

I would buy wine kits. After a few you can start tweaking. For example I add extra sugar sometimes. No need for taste or smell for that. I also add extra oak, just start out slow , assuming you or she think you would like that. Just keep notes on how you tweak the kits for future reference.

I opened up an en premier RJS kit for the first time. It is the Italian Zin and it had 2grape packs. All other kits from other companies I have gotten only have one. Packaging mistake or is that normal?

A local winery told me that sweet wines are their best sellers.