Just-a-Guy
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Hi Kit People,
After about 10 batches of fruit wines (and my wife hinting that she doesn't love fruit wines after all), I was thinking of trying a kit for something like a syrah or cab. Went to the LHBS (which is half wine, half beer). They had maybe 20 Winexpert kits, and all but one of them had numbers ending in 13. If I'm reading it correctly, this means these kits are from 2013. They seemed to be from various times in 2013, but I didn't take notes or pictures. I didn't buy a kit because I was wary of the dates.
Two questions:
1. Should I avoid these kits? Even the Winexpert site appears to suggest I should.
2. When you order a kit online (say, from Morewines), how can you be sure it will be a good date?
TIA!
JAG
After about 10 batches of fruit wines (and my wife hinting that she doesn't love fruit wines after all), I was thinking of trying a kit for something like a syrah or cab. Went to the LHBS (which is half wine, half beer). They had maybe 20 Winexpert kits, and all but one of them had numbers ending in 13. If I'm reading it correctly, this means these kits are from 2013. They seemed to be from various times in 2013, but I didn't take notes or pictures. I didn't buy a kit because I was wary of the dates.
Two questions:
1. Should I avoid these kits? Even the Winexpert site appears to suggest I should.
2. When you order a kit online (say, from Morewines), how can you be sure it will be a good date?
TIA!
JAG