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Surprise in my wine room...local store gave me another kit since this very bad smelling Super Tuscan kitleaked all over. Bigger issue was pickingthis fragile greased pigup and getting it into the bathtub before itsprung a bigger leak.Had leaked for a few days and the bad smell was too unsafeso...

Found this RJ Spagnols related website http://www.urbanreservewine.ca/urban_reserve_varietal.html listing a number of RJ Spagnols kits with their commercial equivalents and detailed tasting notes: 1. At the LCBO, you’ve probably picked up or sampled either Wolf Blass or Banrock Station. You...

Any feedback on the oaking level of the Renaissance Australian Chardonnay? Am debating whether to add all the oak, half, or no oak? Looking for a hint of oaking level similar to the very nice one year old Vinifera Noble Chardonnay kit. Would like to have the versatility to optionally cook with...

Had an interesting discussion this past weekend over a big family dinner which resulted in someone stating my usually highly regarded wine has gone down in quality. We opened a 4 year old Cellar Classic Grande Shiraz, lots of body, a nice fruit forward taste typical of a full flavored Shiraz...

A few of my Shiraz drinking friends have recently converted over to the newly trendy Malbec commercial wines for its fruit forward taste. Most of them drink wine as a social cocktail moreso than with meals. Then came across this great review of the Renaissance Malbec kit quality blog...

For those who have "indentations" in the top of their corks when using the Portuguese red floor corker this may indicate a problem. Turns out my corker was not compressing the corks enough compared to a properly working model. A friend of mine came over with his older yellow Portuguese corker...

Hi: Made my first Mosti kits and was surprised at the lack of grape aroma initially from the All Juice 23L pails/Renaissance kits compared to the RJS Cellar Classic Shiraz and Cab/Shiraz kits. Have taken the leap of faith with Mosti products based on George's feedback and the great...

Hi: For those wondering how kit wines compare to commercial bottles. My sister who only drinks "better" commercial bottles brought over a $14CDN 2005 Folonari Valpolicella DOC wine which was not nearly as good in her opinion as the two year old Cellar Classic Valpolicella. The group consensus...

Hi: Ran into some serious clogging during racking issues with blendered raisins which kept clogging up the J-tube. My not very easy solution was to bend a fine mesh strainer, then insert the racking tube tip into the strainer, then lowered both into the wine. Had removed the floating...

Hi: Main goal is finding a high quality, full bodied <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Shiraz</st1:place></st1:City> or Cab red wine comparable to a $15-20 store bought bottle. Really like the idea of the MM Fresh Juice from <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place...