Recent content by Patriarch

I joined back in April this year and got some good advice when considering red wine kits - buy the most expensive you can afford. So - a big shout out to Chippy_Tea and Stevieboy and others for such good advice. Rather than do some kit wine which could not be imposed upon friends and family I...

Thanks to all for their responses. I looked through a lot of threads on the difficulty of red kits and I have plumped for the Cabernet Sauvignon, Lodi Ranch 11, California – with grape skins from WinExpert Private Reserve - £115 (ouch). In for a penny eh.

Ah - whilst good advice - am I worthy of the "best" kit at twice the price of some very good products.? I have just completed a Winexpert Classic Chilean Sauvignon Blanc at £52 or £1.75/bottle. Their top of the range goes to £115 for a Sauvignon Blanc, Adelaide Hills, Australia or £3.84/bottle...

Actually - it was PPSD (post piano stress disorder). Four lower register piano keys stuck together in warm weather. :D

Last time I home brewed it was a Rose wine in 1976. Proudly corked, labelled and with foil tops, they were arrayed in one of those scissors wooden wine racks on top of my wife's piano, one by one they popped their corks one sunny day into the innards of the piano. Banned for 50 yrs. Now, at...