Thanks Tom,
Everything we entered this year was from kits. My kit wine always seems to come out better than my grape wine. Plus I like the fact I can make wine year round and with only 6 gallon batches I can make alot more different kinds.
Dave
I also had a good day.
3 bronze medals, 2 silver medals, 3 gold medals, and Winemaker of the year award.
I was just curious because i'm a big grape crusher myselfCarmine,
I use grapes. Corrados has a vast selection to choose from (around mid-september). I use a portable light refractometer to determine which grapes are the best to use (I base my selection on that).
Wine-o,
I tried using a kit (about 12 years ago) and it could not compare to fresh grapes. I do not know if they have made any advancements in kits since then, but I remain biased against them.
I hear you on haveing a busy schedule, but there are "fast options" that you can choose. For example, you can take a couple of hours on sunday (during the fall), go down to Corrado's, and then have them crush/press your grapes for you. You miss out on the maceration process, but still end up with a damn good wine.
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