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[Kate]

I've been making wine at home again. Just thought I'd recommend this kit, with Christmas coming up.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WINEBUDDY-chardonnay-merlot-cabernet-sauvignon-sauv-blanc-30-BOTTLES-sugar-/310645111136?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Food_SM&var=610193141388&hash=item4853e43960

You can make 30 bottles of wine for £30.

All you need is a fermenting bucket, a large spoon, an air lock and some sterilizer.

You can save a fortune. It only takes a week to make. Some kits only take 5 days!

You can use plastic pop bottles to store it. Or drink it out of the bucket if you prefer.

[Kevin Wood]

I've been making wine at home again. Just thought I'd recommend this kit, with Christmas coming up.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WINEBUDDY-chardonnay-merlot-cabernet-sauvignon-sauv-blanc-30-BOTTLES-sugar-/310645111136?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Food_SM&var=610193141388&hash=item4853e43960

You can make 30 bottles of wine for £30.

All you need is a fermenting bucket, a large spoon, an air lock and some sterilizer.

You can save a fortune. It only takes a week to make. Some kits only take 5 days!

You can use plastic pop bottles to store it. Or drink it out of the bucket if you prefer.

.. and we thought you were sophisticated.

 

I've never brewed wine but I have high hopes for my London Porter clone currently sat waiting for Christmas.

[Kate]

No I'm a scum bag from Sunderland. This one is also good.


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cantina-5-Day-Home-Brew-Wine-Kit-Makes-30-Bottles-/271323549143?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Food_SM&var=&hash=item3f2c24cdd7

[omega3000]

Hmm would have been ideal to give a few bottles away for xmas presents , guess we just have to drink it all ourselves now  Wonder if anyone tried to make blackberry wine , that would be nice 

[Entwood]

Hmm would have been ideal to give a few bottles away for xmas presents , guess we just have to drink it all ourselves now  Wonder if anyone tried to make blackberry wine , that would be nice 

Made a lot of that years ago .. we used to pick all sorts and make wine from it .. an excellent dry white is made using young oak leaves !! T'internet is your friend for wine recipes ... thousands of them out there ! - although in my home brew time we had to rely on books from the local library !!

[pscocoa]

Home wine - disgusting stuff.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I could never get rid of the taste of the campden tablets.

Perhaps a woman would have more success.

[Rog]

Home wine - disgusting stuff.

Yep, I agree

I drink a lot of wine, never had any home made that had me think "WOW ! That's good !  . . . or even anywhere close

So . . . . . if you live less than 150 miles from Dover/Folkestone . . .

Go on internet book cheapest channel crossing day trip, recently Eurotunnel was doing them for £23 RETURN ! but shop around

Go to the Calais Wine Superstore, there's also a Majestic but it's a bit more upmarket, and many others. But I go to this one http://www.calaiswine.co.uk/

Do some tasting and load up with whatever £2 a bottle you liked

Then go to Auchan hypermarket for some general shopping, and also get some of their Roche Mazet Merlot around €10 for a 3 litre box Great Stuff. Don't buy the really REALLY cheap boxes, they are almost as bad as home made.

Drive home.

Providing you buy a largish quantity, and don't go mad on quality, cost per bottle is peanuts taking into consideration petrol and crossing, plus you've had a day in Frogland       I do this fairly often, went last saturday.

[Rods2]

Home wine - disgusting stuff.

Like all 'cooking' depends upon the ingredients, recipe and the cook. Most kits are no where near as good as using 'proper' ingredients in the right quantities and cooked in the right way.

Sterilization, sterilization and sterilization when brewing all always the top three ingredients.

I haven't made any homebrew for years, but recently got my brew bucket out of the loft and I'm going to start brewing again in 2014. Have been looking at the 'London Pride' recipes which that is one of my favourite beers. I like Ukrainian beer especially 'Slavich' but you can't beat a good English bitter like London Pride, ESB, Tanglefoot, Old Speckled Hen etc Mmmmmmmm.   

I've never done winemaking but I have had some excellent wines made by friends, so I think I'm going to try that. I can see me growing red grapes for winemaking in the Ukraine as their red wines are sweet and not to my taste.

Sloe Gin is an excellent Christmas liqueur and you can pick the Sloes along the River Blackwater in September and October. 

[Kate]

I think my wine tastes lovely. It only takes about 30 minutes to get it going and in a week I have lots of lovely wine.

I store it in a warm cupboard while it's fermenting and check it with a hydrometer after 6 days.

It's very satisfying to drink and I say to myself 'I made that'.

The only problem is that it makes me fall over sometimes.

[Kate]

I found a review of the Cantina wine kit:

http://oliviamk.hubpages.com/hub/Cantina-Wine-Kit-Revieww

[I_want_an_Omega]

I've been making wine at home again. Just thought I'd recommend this kit, with Christmas coming up.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WINEBUDDY-chardonnay-merlot-cabernet-sauvignon-sauv-blanc-30-BOTTLES-sugar-/310645111136?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Food_SM&var=610193141388&hash=item4853e43960

You can make 30 bottles of wine for £30.

All you need is a fermenting bucket, a large spoon, an air lock and some sterilizer.

You can save a fortune. It only takes a week to make. Some kits only take 5 days!

You can use plastic pop bottles to store it. Or drink it out of the bucket if you prefer.

.. and we thought you were sophisticated.

 

I've never brewed wine but I have high hopes for my London Porter clone currently sat waiting for Christmas.

Look forward to hearing all about that, what kit is is? If there a link you can put up please? Thanks .........

[Taxi_Driver]

I make my own wine ..... i think Solomon Grundies 'Gold' Cabernet Savignon a good wine.....the 'Platinum' version is excellent.....no adding sugar in that one 

I heat the fermenter to 25C with an immersion type heater ..... takes about 10 days to stop fermenting .... then 'degass' the wine, add the other ingredients....and then it takes about 4 days to clear perfectly.......and thats suppose to be a 7 day kit 

But i agree with Kate....its satisfying that you made it......and cheaper than buying it 

[Kevin Wood]

Home wine - disgusting stuff.

Like all 'cooking' depends upon the ingredients, recipe and the cook. Most kits are no where near as good as using 'proper' ingredients in the right quantities and cooked in the right way.

Sterilization, sterilization and sterilization when brewing all always the top three ingredients.

I haven't made any homebrew for years, but recently got my brew bucket out of the loft and I'm going to start brewing again in 2014. Have been looking at the 'London Pride' recipes which that is one of my favourite beers. I like Ukrainian beer especially 'Slavich' but you can't beat a good English bitter like London Pride, ESB, Tanglefoot, Old Speckled Hen etc Mmmmmmmm.   

I've never done winemaking but I have had some excellent wines made by friends, so I think I'm going to try that. I can see me growing red grapes for winemaking in the Ukraine as their red wines are sweet and not to my taste.

Sloe Gin is an excellent Christmas liqueur and you can pick the Sloes along the River Blackwater in September and October. 

Well worth trying brewing from the grain, IMHO. Results are streets ahead of kit brewing, and it's not too difficult: http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=24471