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Shyster, Have you experimented with adding frozen merlot grapes to your wine kits for flavoring ? I'm sure the companies who sell wine making kits do try their best to provide top quality. However I have read that the more particulate (real grapes) is in the must and finished wine the better...

Shyster, great tips and many thanks. I fully intend on cultivating my wine making knowledge and skills. I think I had heard of Peter Brehm, I have located his website and am reading it now. So with your experience would you say that in order to make premium wine it's just better to crush my...

Appleman, Many thanks I've heard some good things about Mosti Mondiale kits. I plan on making some of those kits but I think first I'll try RJ Spangols and park them in either an American or French oak barrel for aging. I really don't drink lot of wine but when I do pull a cork I like to...

Dean, thanks for the insight. Yes most of my wines are in fact 7-10 yrs old all store bought. I had bought some wine from a distributor I know it was a good deal back then. I had bought about $3000 worth of vintage 2000 Beaurdeax but ended up cancelling the order at the time due to one...

Hey gang, me new to make wine. I'm actually accustomed to drinking kind of expensive reds. Usually upwards of $80/bottle. Do you guys/gals think I could make my own vino using RJ Spangols goodies as good as say a store bought stags leap merlot retailing for $100/bottle ? I've been studying...