Kit Winemaking

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Upping Your Kit Game: Making the most of your wine kit

Right out of the gate, winemakers are instructed to “follow the directions” when it comes to kit wines. But once you get comfortable wit

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Finishing Wine from Kits

Get advice on how to “finish” your wine made from a kit — the steps near the end of the process and after the instructions that come with

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Intro to Wine Kits: Tips from the Pros

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Aging Wine Kits: Tips From the Pros

Kit wines are often consumed fairly young, but great things can happen if you allow the bottles to age longer. Two supply shop owners give g

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Fin(d)ing Clarity in the Five S’s

When it comes to clarifying your wine kit, there are five “S’s” that will guide your way: Start, stir, smash, sweep, and suppress.

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Modifying Wine Kits

The two changes we are going to discuss in this article are alcohol levels and tannin. It’s important to remember before we start that any

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Using Grape Skin Packs in Wine Kits

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Table Wine Kits

Immediate and intermediate strategies for making table wines that can be consumed very young while still delivering the full and delightful

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How Wine Kits are Made

Ever wonder how the concentrate in your wine kit is made? We take you inside the kit manufacturing process.

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Rosé Wine Kits

Life isn’t just red and white. There’s a happy medium with rosé. Learn to make your own rosé from wine kits for quick enjoyment.

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15 Wine Kits to Try

In a rut making the same styles of wine time after time? Here are 15 different wine styles we’d recommend making from kits.

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Cleaning and Sanitizing Your Way to Better Wine Kits

Nothing can ruin a batch of wine quicker than spoilage. We reveal the truth about cleaning and sanitation, and how to best accomplish it.

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Fermentation Troubleshooting with Wine Kits

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Tannin Additions in Wine Kits

Making kit wines doesn’t have to be only about following directions. Improve your wines by using tannin additions at various stages.

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Top 100 Wine Kits 2014

This past April 2014, over 50 experienced judges evaluated a total of 1,460 wine kit entries as part of the 2014 WineMaker International Ama

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Fermenting & Degassing Wine Kits

Why higher temperature is better, and why degassing is so important to the success of wines made from kits.

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Split Batch Wine Kit Experiments

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Kit Winemaking Q&A

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Winemaking Outside of Harvest

Lots of home winemakers concentrate their efforts in the harvest months using seasonally available just-picked wine grapes. But sometimes a

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Award-Winning Kit Winemakers Roundtable

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Troubleshooting Wine Kit Aroma

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Troubleshooting Visual Defects in Wine Kits

No matter how a wine tastes, if it’s hazy, cloudy or (even worse!) lumpy, it’s not going to please the drinker.

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Yeast Trials With Wine Kits

Just because your wine kit comes with a certain yeast, that doesn’t mean you can’t experiment with other options.

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Unoaked Wine Kits

Not using oak on wine is a time-honored tradition for many varietals and styles, and often for good reason.

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Quick Drinking Wine Kits

Strategies for getting the most out of wine you’re going to drink insanely young — like on bottling day, or even earlier.