I am pretty new to winemaking, getting ready to bottle my first kit wine this weekend. I am just wondering the pros and cons of kit wines, to doing everything on your own (including pressing the fruit), to buying the canned fruit.
I started with the wine kit to get a feel of how the whole...
I am getting ready to bottle my first batch of wine this weekend. So, I am very new to the whole thing. My first batch is Island Mist's Green Apple Riesling.
My only complaint is that it seems to be more like a winecooler. Pretty low ABV (6.5%).
I would like to make some more wine, but I...
Last night we made our first batch of wine - an Apple Riesling from a kit. When we were adding the large pack of fruit juices it said to add warm water with it. So the water was a little warmer when it came time to add the yeast (about 90 degrees). I DID NOT add the yeast at this time since the...