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It's a blend of 5 different wines, so it might be hard to find something exactly the same: "Three of Spain’s great red varieties, Tempranillo, Garnacha and Bobal bring their lush and hedonistic qualities to pair the full-bodied and well-structured friends Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah."

I've got a bag of frozen currants looking for a wine kit. Any recommendations as to the style of red I should try with it? Also, that zin looks great with those fruit!

I like the idea of adding the fruit. I added some blueberry to a cheap pinot noir kit, but it's only a week in so I can't comment on the results yet. I'll also add some extra tannin, but I haven't heard of the Rouge tannin until now. I don't think any of my LHBS carry any but I'll see if they...

Wanted some suggestions on what yeast to use. I was thinking of using BM 4x4 as it seems to be recommended for the bigger reds, and I also have some in my fridge... but I've never used it before so I don't know what to expect. Other choice would be RC 212 for the fruity quality. Didn't come...

Thank you Joe! We did put the pinot gris on the lees and pulp of the grapefruit wine last night, started fermenting like mad right away. But racked it off this morning as we didn't want to completely destroy the base flavours. That said, I don't mind over tweaking this kit since it was only...

This thread has been amazing. Thank you for all the time putting this info forward! Found the site in general by searching for tweaking wine kits and had to join on this alone. Tried to get this kind of conversation going on reddit's wine community and they gave me crap because "real wine is...

Thank you! One of the few hobbies that can actually SAVE money, especially in Alberta right now with the ever increasing taxes.

I'm also from Edmonton, just joined today!

Found this site via searching for winekit tweaks; a lot of helpful info so far! I've been doing wine and beer for about a year now and have made maybe 20 wines + meads from 1 gallon to 6. Big into country wine experiments; currently bulk aging beet, tamarind, lavender, plum w/almond, dandelion...