I'm going to be making homebrew wine tonight.
With this pack, a friend from work got me as a moving in present.
www.wilkinsonplus.com/home-brewing/wilko-6-bottle-wine-starter-kit-cab-sauv/invt/0318391
(PsychoChomp, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 13:06, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

I bet it tastes revolting when it's finished.
I don't get it Chompy, with alcohol at pocket money prices, why bother making your own?
(Bazongaloid, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 13:08, Reply)

It's like a science kit in your kitchen.
And it's about half the price and so you can either buy twice as much or buy something of twice the quality you'd normally buy.

And I don't think many people will say alcohol is cheap.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 13:10, Reply)

a bottle of decent wine is what, 6-8 quid?
That's cheap.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 13:13, Reply)

There are decent wines available for as little as £4

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 13:16, Reply)

That very much depends on what you'd define "decent" as

( Kroney, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 13:21, Reply)

Aldi do a couple
Toro Loco Tempranillo £3.70ish a bottle, sells out soon as it's on the shelves.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 13:23, Reply)

The accepted wisdom is that overheads are largely fixed in the wine industry
at about 3 quid a bottle. So if you're buying a 4 pound bottle, you're spending one pound on the quality of the contents. If you spend a tenner, you're spending 7.

I am not a vintner, mind.
( Kroney, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 13:26, Reply)

READ MY LINK BELOW

(PsychoChomp, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 13:26, Reply)

I tend to buy an expensive one that is half price.
And then fail to appreciate any difference.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 13:29, Reply)

I'm one of the few who find homebrew chat interesting.
I reckon I wouldn't be able to notice much difference between a homemade wine and a proper one.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 13:09, Reply)

I doubt it to be honest. But at that price it's not that bad just for the equipment.
You can get 6 bottle kits for about £10, they're apparently equivilent to £10-£15 bottles of wine after they've been racked for 18months.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 13:12, Reply)

No they aren't.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 13:13, Reply)

www.bibendum-wine.co.uk/our-services/market-insights/uk-wine-pricing

Excise duty doesn't count on kits, packaging, logistics, vat and retailer margin is reduced. So the quality of the grape juice and the quality of the yeast is increased and seeing as that and a clearing agent is all that's in wine, you're getting much better value for money.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 13:18, Reply)

Yeah, like I would leave them there for 18 months.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 13:14, Reply)

The advice is to wrap them up so well you can't open them when drunk.
And make 6-10 batched a year.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 13:19, Reply)