I moved to Mosti on Georges recommendation and have been pleased with their product, but I have not made any WE kits in a long time so I'm not for sure how they compare now.
Not sure where your located in the USA, but look up “Vintner’s Cellar” there are locations across the states and they will carry all the Mosti products. I don’t know if they will ship but a location may be close by if you like mosti products. They will be Vintners cellar branded but these are all mosti products.
Craig, I find the I like the Mosti kits - that's the Amarone you guys tasted of mine at our meet-up last year, which folks felt had good body. I tend to like their stuff, even more so if I can find it on sale!Thanks for posting that Heather. I can drive there in a little over an hour. Just seems that the prices are a bit high, but I normally make WE kits. Do you like the Mosti kits? Are they worth the extra $'s?
As for the "slump" in the wine and beer home brewing business, I suspect it's not a temporary thing. I'm not sure what age groups are on these homebrew forums, but I doubt there's many millennials here. The younger generation with their demands for instant gratification isn't about to take the time to make their own beer or wine. In my neighborhood, most of them do next to nothing. They hire someone to mow the lawn, clean the house, plant shrubs, etc., etc. You never see them in the yard working or washing the car. Based on the number of takeout boxes I see by the curb, I even doubt many of them do much cooking. You certainly can't expect people with that mentality to have the ambition or patience to make their own wine. Well, I guess maybe they would ....... if you could do it by pushing a few buttons on a cell phone!
As for the "slump" in the wine and beer home brewing business, I suspect it's not a temporary thing. I'm not sure what age groups are on these homebrew forums, but I doubt there's many millennials here. The younger generation with their demands for instant gratification isn't about to take the time to make their own beer or wine. In my neighborhood, most of them do next to nothing. They hire someone to mow the lawn, clean the house, plant shrubs, etc., etc. You never see them in the yard working or washing the car. Based on the number of takeout boxes I see by the curb, I even doubt many of them do much cooking. You certainly can't expect people with that mentality to have the ambition or patience to make their own wine. Well, I guess maybe they would ....... if you could do it by pushing a few buttons on a cell phone!
As for the "slump" in the wine and beer home brewing business, I suspect it's not a temporary thing. I'm not sure what age groups are on these homebrew forums, but I doubt there's many millennials here. The younger generation with their demands for instant gratification isn't about to take the time to make their own beer or wine. In my neighborhood, most of them do next to nothing. They hire someone to mow the lawn, clean the house, plant shrubs, etc., etc. You never see them in the yard working or washing the car. Based on the number of takeout boxes I see by the curb, I even doubt many of them do much cooking. You certainly can't expect people with that mentality to have the ambition or patience to make their own wine. Well, I guess maybe they would ....... if you could do it by pushing a few buttons on a cell phone!
Look at the fall-off of Merlot sales after the release of the movie 'Sideways' for a sense in which appearance and acceptance are major forces in their lives.
The oldest Millenials were not of drinking age when that movie came out. The youngest were still in diapers.
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