Wine Kits versus grapes

[Trubador]

Anyone make wine from scratch and make wine from kits? what's the main difference in final product assuming several years of aging for both.

Jorma

 

[PolishWineP]

Lots of folks make both. For me, the biggest difference the amount of time and work involved. Depending on what type of scratch wine I'm making, there can be a lot more ingredient additions involved. I'm glad for the experience of many kits when I make a scratch wine. I'm also thankful for all the bottles of kit wine we can consume while waiting for a scratch wine to be ready to drink.

 

[JWMINNESOTA]

I do both, cant seem to age either one!

 

[PeterZ]

My feeling is, for grape wines, I simply don't have access to the same quality grapes that the kit makers do. I was a member of a club in Houston 20+ years ago, and we bought 5 tons of one varietal rom one vinyard each year. Who do you think got the best grapes - MM/RJS/WE, or us?

 

[PolishWineP]

We get grapes, once a year, from someone who has them in their yard here. We supplement with juice of some kind. Otherwise, all our scratch batches are from other fruits and veggies. I LOVE choke cherry wine!!!