Are Wine Making Kits Any Good?

The Verdict

Let's just get this out of the way... Wine kits are an incredible way to make wine. Making wine using kits has come a long way. You used to just get concentrate in a can and it was iffy at best. That's why kits had a bad rap. Now you get high quality concentrate or a blend of concentrates sourced from the best vineyards around the world.

The technology to produce the kits has gotten so much better over the last 10 years which results in better concentrates and better wines. If you go by the competition results, kit wines are great. They are winning awards and are becoming more difficult to distinguish from commercially available wines.

Acid Blend For Making Wine

The Point of Acids in Wine

Acids are in wine to give them the crisp, tart taste they are known for. This are a number of things that moderate acids and give your wine balance. These include sugar, alcohol, minerals, and other ingredients. Some of the acids come from ingredients you put in the wine while others are natural byproducts of fermentation.

The natural acids you get from your ingredients have the freshest, purest tastes. Acids you get from fermentation have milder, more complex taste. Natural acids common in grapes are tartaric, malic, and citric. Oxalic acid is another common natural acid. It's found in rhubarb and other ingredients. Fermentation acids include lactic, succinic, and acetic. 

Since acidity has such a major influence on the taste of you wine, you need to make sure you understand the roles of various acids. You need to know their occurrence in common bases for making wines, their tastes, their sufficiency, how to measure them, and the principles for adjusting them when necessary.

A Recipe For Making Wine

This is an easy recipe for homemade wine. You can choose whatever flavor you like but my favorite is the red. You will need a sterile milk jug, a large latex balloon and a rubber band to complete the project. This Wine is a bit stronger than regular table wine. Its great for cooking as well as drinking.

Tips For Finding The Right Bottle Of Wine

In terms of pairing food and wine, you may not know where to begin. Very few people, in fact, are experts in this area, so do not feel ashamed that you are in need of assistance. Fortunately, this piece offers great assistance about wine and food pairing.

Seafood goes great with Pinot Grigio. This wine draws out the food's flavor. There are other white wines that also go well with your seafood. Seafood and a good bottle of white wine make for a perfect classy meal.

If you are having red meats, stick to red wine. This is the general principle, and should rarely be veered away from. Red wine helps to bring out the flavor in the steak or meat that you choose and vice versa, giving you the best possible experience while you are eating lunch or dinner.