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That is the real problem with selling the kits. Unless you have a good volume, expiration is a real issue.

Or buy a Vinifera Noble 10 liter kit. They have a lot more body than any of the other 10-liter kits. My customers that have made them call them the "best value in my store".

I am fortunate. With the amount of wine kits we sell each week, we turn the inventory every 2-3 months. Obviously not all kits move as fast, but we have have very few expired kits over the last 5 years and everyone of them was due to being sent an old kit from the distributor/manufacturer...

Waiting 10-12 days will not hurt at all. In fact, Spagnols has you wait 14 days before the first racking. There is still plenty of CO2 in the wine to protect it from oxygen.

I haven't decided how much I will give away this year for winners, but it will probably be tiered based on whether you win a gold, silver or bronze. I would love to be retailer of the year, just not sure how much to spend to get there.

We are sending Steve's order out tomorrow and the referral credit should be in your inbox. Thanks for the referral.

Just barely. I heard about the cork post and felt I needed to clarify some points. If sales keep up, we will have to move by next summer and we have only been in this place for 2 years. With the economy being as it is, I am hoping to get a real good deal on 11-12,000 feet. We currently have...

Thanks to all. I was surprised when they contacted me and was happy to help. They asked for my picture, but I thought the logo would be better for business than my old mug! Unfortunately, they could not print what I really wanted to say about cheaping out in this hobby. My bottom line is...

All corks have a parafin coating. The problem is primarily two-fold, age of the cork and soaking the corks. The parafin coating starts breaking down in about 1 year. We discovered this a year ago and are now rotating our corks to make sure they remain fresh. We go through about 10,000 corks...

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Thank you for the update. As appleman stated, we will greatly miss her. Her attitude towards life has been an inspiration to so many people. If we all shared her compassion for life, the world would be a much better place. Please pass along my sympathy to her family.

It is a little more than I budgeted, but over 80% is going to customers that have been shopping with me for 2 years or more. I could not think of a better group with which to share. Advertising costs money and in my opinion, this investment will pay huge dividends and increase my branding...

No,the rules state that you can not enter a wine that has already medaled in their competition.

Not sure how much I can share, but another 15 medals would have probably changed the outcome. I am feeling very good about next year!

WE'RE NUMBER 2! Just got the info from WineMaker Mag. We had 67 medals from 33 customers. I will be sending out my certificates tonight. This is AWESOME. Congrats to all and a big THANK YOU from me.

Once the manufacturer receives the lists from WineMaker Magazine they will send certificates to medal winners. The certificate will be for kit of the same type such as an All-Juice for an All-Juice or Limited Edition for a Limited Edition. Winexpert limits medal winners to two certificates. I...

I have entered 3 different SL Merlots including a 2005 like you this year and NEVER won with it. I have never won any medals with any Winexpert products and it just baffles the heck out of me.

tepe, That is an excellent question and combining the 2 could be considered "unfair" to each. The fresh fruit guy has the opportunity to blow th kits out of the water if the juice/fruit is of good to exceptional quality. On the other hand, if the fruit is questionable or handled poorly, the...

Well, I for one can not figure out the judging. All of the Choc. Rasp. Ports and Orange Choc Port that did win, how did one not win. In addition,I entered a Pacific Quartet and did not win while others did. I entered wines that are HUGE successes when tasted that did not win. I am starting to...

Jim, we only had 19 entries last year with 8 medals. This year we had at least 37 medals. We will need to get around 100 medals to win the retailer of the year award.