Wine Making Kits
We carry the Winexpert line of wine kits. These are varietal grape juice (or a blend) in a bag in a box. Wine kits are sized to make six gallons or thirty 750 ml bottles. Winemakers can make 6 gallons using a 6.5 gallon carboy (unless you are using skins),or a 6.5 or 7.5 gallon food grade bucket. A 6-gallon glass carboy, two 3-gallon carboys or a 5-gallon carboy, and a 1-gallon jug are all options for secondary.
Selection kits have more juice for a richer, more full bodied interpretation of the wine. As always, time in secondary can be extended to go beyond just clarifying the wine. As the wine spends more time in the second carboy, it will condition and age. We always recommend taking more time than the kits suggest. Winemaking shouldn't be rushed.....
Winexpert Wine Kits:
Winexpert Private Reserve/Ultra Premium:
Dry Creek Chardonnay, CA
Pint Gris, Yakima Valley, WA
Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, NZ
Amarone Style, w/skins, Veneto, Italy
Cabernet Sauvignon, w/skins, Lodi CA
Pinot Noir, Marlborough, NZ
Nebbiolo, w/skins, Piedmont, Italy
Bordeaux blend, w/skins, Languedoc, FR
Merlot, w/skins, Stags Leap, CA
Super Tuscan, w/skins, Tuscany, Italy
Old Vines Zinfandel, w/skins, Lodi, CA
Winexpert Reserve Premium (formerly known as Selection):
Chardonnay, AUS
Gewurztraminer, GER
Pinot Grigio, Italy
Riesling, CA
Sauvignon Blanc, CA
Traminer Riesling, AUS
Grenache Rose, AUS
Cabernet/Merlot CA
Cabernet Sauvignon, AUS
Cabernet/Shiraz, AUS
Carmemere, CHL
Luna Rossa, ITA
Malbec, ARG
Merlot CA
Enigma, CA
Pinot Noir, CHL
Shiraz, AUS
Vieux Chateau di Roi, FRA
Amarone style, Italy
Winexpert Classic (formerly Vintner's Reserve & World):
Chardonnay, CA
Moscato, CA
Pinot Grigio, Italy
Sauvignon Blanc, CHL
Viognier, CA
Riesling CA
Gewurztraminer, CA
Liebfraulilch style, CA
White Zinfandel, CA
Cabernet Sauvignon, CH
Diablo Rojo, CH
Pinot Noir, CA
Sangiovese, Italy
Shirax, CA
Tempranill, SP
Trinity Red, CA
Vieux Chateau du Roi, CA
Valroza, Italy
Winexpert Island Mist:
White wines:
Green Apple, Peach Apricot, Pineapple Pear, White Cranberry
Red Wines:
Black Cherry, Black Raspberry, Blackberry, Blood Orange Sangria, Blueberry, Pomegranate, Raspberry Peach Sangria, Wildberry
Blush Wines:
Grapefruit Passion Rose, Raspberry Dragon Fruit, Strawberry, Strawberry Watermelon