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Mine is at 1y1m and is fruit forward and completely drinkable. So far this one comes a good second next to my favourite Stag Leaps (1y6m). I haven't been wine making very long and was starting to feel that i couldn't make the quality i normally buy (£6-10). However with patience!! these kits...

Viognier is also one of my favourite commercial whites and I started at the high end with the Viognier Yakima Valley Washington - Cellar Craft Showcase back in December. Only this weekend have I just pitched the Vitners reserve Viognier. When the Cellar Craft arrived I did feel disappointed...

I have this in my wine rack and made the following notes at different stages if your interested. Probably one of my favourite mid range off-dry wine kits 131 Days - 1/5 Nose 1.5/5 Taste - Off Dry and quite rough but the flavour profile starting to develop 180 Days - 1.5/5 Nose 2/5 Taste - No...

I have just bottled the Kenridge showcase NZ Sauvignon Blanc and have a few questions for anyone who's made this wine 1. I noticed on the vineco website that this was classed as an early drinker. Any thoughts on when this might peak and will it last a couple of years? 2. Is the winexpert...

Ferment it cold... looks like another learning curve is in front of me! One last question on the fruit forward profile. I'm currently ageing the following kits Showcase - Red mountain and Chateau du Pays Eclipse -Stag's Leap Selection with Grape Skins - Tempranillo Just wondering if anyone...

Hmm, I've been reading this thread with great interest. My wife and I enjoy fairly fruit forward commercial reds where we can taste the blackberry or black cherry and other fruits that you typically find with a good bottle of red around 13-15 dollar range. We’ve only been making red kits for the...

Great! Thanks for both your advice on this.

Hi I’ve been reading back through the forums on this excellent site and although quite a bit has been written on the PET and glass carboys in the past I was just wondering if those using PET carboys for wine kits have anything new to add in regard to my following question. Which is… I have...

Hi Jocelyn, i agree with Pam that you should try Skeeter Pee or Dragons Blood. Saving money on these helps me save for the higher end kits which can taste amazing. The higher end kits often need extra ageing in the carboy, just make sure there's only a small amount of head-space for oxygen if...

All done! and ive put up an end rack for ageing before moving to the main racks. Minor jobs left to do is insulate the window with Celotex Insulation Board to stop the sunlight coming in and hopefully keep the temperature down in the summer, change the lighting and put up some wine themed pictures

Thanks for the feedback everyone! Been busy with normal wine jobs so only had time to build the second frame the last couple of days but heres the progress. Now sitting down with a nice bottle of malbec....

Cheers John, sounds like a plan, sadly after ive finished there wont be much room for TV and sofa....hmmm maybe need to work on the wife into letting me have a different room next year ;) Been busy today have finished frame and sides, varnished in warm aok and even had time to slips some reds on...

The first frame is now built and a 90 bottle wine racks i bought on ebay for £55 is placed on top with another one at its feet. A wine display shelf is placed above the bottom rack allowing me to gaze proudly down on my collection.....

Progress Thanks Mike, this project will definitely need securing to the wall! Couple of pics uploaded. Wall painted and blue rectangles done by previous owner now eradicated. Today will start the first main frame so hopefully will post something tonight and those interested can see what i have...

Well i've been making wine for a year now and feel quietly confident that this hobby is here to stay (completely hooked :)). I've therefore decided to give the current wine room an upgrade in the next couple of weeks i have off work. So here's the current picture of the room. The angle makes it...

The soda stream can be very useful! Occasionally when I make a batch of white wine that seems a bit mediocre I put it in the soda stream and hey presto you have great bottle of sparking wine. Got the idea from Heston http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlMwud7SxEA Will give the skeeter pee a...

hmmm you've got me thinking, i'm going to repeat this test over christmas...not as if we have any qualified sommelier living under this roof :slp

Thanks Paul, looks like i'll be hunting on ebay for some clear glass marbles in the new year!

Great feedback thanks! I'm still a bit concerned about the topping up required, the wine expert instructions seem to discourage this but the alternative could be oxidation.

Hi I have been doing wine kits now for 1 year and have had a lot of fun and made a few mistakes along the way. However I’ve now started doing more premium kits such as the Selection and Kenridge Showcase series and would like to make sure I’m going in the right direction. Firstly I’m using...