Hello forum. I'm from the UK and completely new to making wine, although I have been brewing beer all-grain for quite some time. I want to get into winemaking to hopefully reduce the wine budget and maybe even get a better quality of wine to drink [which would probably not be hard, considering that 7GBP is just about the upper-limit for what I'm willing to pay for a bottle of wine]
Here in the UK the 16L 'premium' kits like WinExpert Selection are priced at around 70GBP while the 18L 'ultra-premium' kits like Cellarcraft Showcase and WinExpert Eclipse are priced at around 125GBP. I'm aware that the difference between the prices is MUCH smaller across the pond, with the same 18L kits only costing about 20% more than the 16L kits.
I've read all the traditional advice that you get what you pay for with kits but I'm just wondering if that still applies when the price increase is 80% rather than 20% to go from premium to ultra-premium.
Getting good value for money is important to me. Should I just do 16L kits? Are the 18L kits really 80% better to drink?
Here in the UK the 16L 'premium' kits like WinExpert Selection are priced at around 70GBP while the 18L 'ultra-premium' kits like Cellarcraft Showcase and WinExpert Eclipse are priced at around 125GBP. I'm aware that the difference between the prices is MUCH smaller across the pond, with the same 18L kits only costing about 20% more than the 16L kits.
I've read all the traditional advice that you get what you pay for with kits but I'm just wondering if that still applies when the price increase is 80% rather than 20% to go from premium to ultra-premium.
Getting good value for money is important to me. Should I just do 16L kits? Are the 18L kits really 80% better to drink?