Have any of you tried any of the House of Beaverdale Kits the Rioja is
very good!!

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On 4 Feb 2004 21:04:39 -0800, (sgbrix) wrote:

>Back in the end of –92 I bought several large size red wine kits (18).
>Over the past holidays my friends and I did a scored tasting.
>
>The tasting result went like this. They all except for one have some
>kind of cooked flavor. The one was Brew Kings Pinot Noir. Not to get
>me wrong, the wine has no nose, no finesse whatsoever. Basically taste
>as good as any $9 jug wine. But the finish was clean. So I wonder if
>anyone else find the same result?
>
>I visited and tasted 7 home wine making affairs the last year and was
>part of 2 "manufactures tasting". Each time taking special note to any
>kit wine that I came across. I am no Parker by a long shot. But my
>verdict is simple, cooked juice is cooked wine. They all have an
>obnoxious cooked flavor.
>
>These claim that a juice can even reach the most elementary of a
>balance wine and be classified, as a "$20" wine is a pure pipe dream.
>Either these people have never been exposed to a "big" wine. Or the
>alcohol is simply clouding their judgments. A big wine does not mean
>big bucks. Just find yourself a bottle of the Australian 2001 Shiraz
>from Wynns Coonawarra Estate ($9.95 here). Or some of the Spanish
>wines that reach our shores for the same price.
>
>So what do you do with these kit wines? I have begun serving them at
>various parties and guess what, everybody just loves them….
>
>SG Brix