In addition to the usual popular kits with a bag of concentrate and all the
additives, my local winemaking supply shop sells Alexander's Sun Country
concentrates in a 96 oz. can. Two cans are recommended for a 5 gallon batch
of wine, which involves adding about 8 cups of sugar, and adjusting for
acid, adding yeast nutrient, etc. I'm wondering how they compare to
BrewKing, RJ Spagols, etc.

The main reason I'm considering Alexander's is that they offer Muscat
(Moscato), my wife's favorite varietal. I cannot find any kit for Muscat /
Moscato.

Thanks for any information.

Regards,

Gary Flye
Charlotte, North Carolina

http://home.carolina.rr.com/winemaking/

Gary wrote:
> In addition to the usual popular kits with a bag of concentrate and
all the
> additives, my local winemaking supply shop sells Alexander's Sun
Country
> concentrates in a 96 oz. can. Two cans are recommended for a 5
gallon batch
> of wine, which involves adding about 8 cups of sugar, and adjusting
for
> acid, adding yeast nutrient, etc. I'm wondering how they compare to
> BrewKing, RJ Spagols, etc.
>
> The main reason I'm considering Alexander's is that they offer Muscat
> (Moscato), my wife's favorite varietal. I cannot find any kit for
Muscat /
> Moscato.
>
> Thanks for any information.
>
> Regards,
>
> Gary Flye
> Charlotte, North Carolina
>
> http://home.carolina.rr.com/winemaking/

Alexanders is not high quality from my experience. I have used them
from time to help fruit wines.
Tim

Tim,

Thanks for the response. I did purchase two cans of Muscat (Moscato) since
I cannot find any kit with that varietal. It will be interesting to see how
it turns out.

Gary Flye
Charlotte, North Carolina


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>
> Gary wrote:
> > In addition to the usual popular kits with a bag of concentrate and
> all the
> > additives, my local winemaking supply shop sells Alexander's Sun
> Country
> > concentrates in a 96 oz. can. Two cans are recommended for a 5
> gallon batch
> > of wine, which involves adding about 8 cups of sugar, and adjusting
> for
> > acid, adding yeast nutrient, etc. I'm wondering how they compare to
> > BrewKing, RJ Spagols, etc.
> >
> > The main reason I'm considering Alexander's is that they offer Muscat
> > (Moscato), my wife's favorite varietal. I cannot find any kit for
> Muscat /
> > Moscato.
> >
> > Thanks for any information.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Gary Flye
> > Charlotte, North Carolina
> >
> > http://home.carolina.rr.com/winemaking/
>
> Alexanders is not high quality from my experience. I have used them
> from time to help fruit wines.
> Tim
>

While I've never made any wine from their concentrates, I've made a
couple of wines from their sterile-juice brance, called "Home Wine".
Based on the results from that, I'd agree with Tim.

Rob

I believe I have seen a Cellar Craft Kit that is Orange Muscat. You
can look at cellarcraftwine.com to see for sure.






On 28 Jan 2005 18:04:36 -0800, "Rob" >
wrote:

>While I've never made any wine from their concentrates, I've made a
>couple of wines from their sterile-juice brance, called "Home Wine".
>Based on the results from that, I'd agree with Tim.
>
>Rob

I believe I have seen a Cellar Craft Kit that is Orange Muscat. You
can look at cellarcraftwine.com to see for sure.






On 28 Jan 2005 18:04:36 -0800, "Rob" >
wrote:

>While I've never made any wine from their concentrates, I've made a
>couple of wines from their sterile-juice brance, called "Home Wine".
>Based on the results from that, I'd agree with Tim.
>
>Rob