Hi........After touring the California wine country this past summer the wife and I have decided to give wine making our best efforts. We were both fascinated by the wine making process. I've been doing as much home wine making research as I can visiting web sites and forums trying to make an educated decision as to our first kit. Some of what I've come up with is, most kits produce 30 bottlesat 750ml. What I can't figure out is some kits are4 week kits at 8liters producing 30 bottles of wine. Some are say 6 week kits at 16 liters also producing 30 bottles. My questions are, how can the 2 different kits produce the same volume of wine? Why is there a difference in finishing times? Why is there a noticeable price difference? Are there noticeable differences in the finished product of the 2 kits of the same wine? I notice that most of the longer kits have a slightly higher alcohol content. I am partial to red Italian wines and the wife loves her chardonnay's and recently Rieslings. What would be good first kits for us? Thanks in advance for all your help and I am thoroughly enjoying this forum.