Selection Wine Kits

Winexpert's Selection International Italian Brunello with skins is a dark-cherry colour with highlights of gorgeous ruby-garnet. Bold, yet supple, the big, smoky-earthy nose of ultra-ripe cherry and currant-like fruit gives way to a hint of tar and cracked black pepper, cedar, whiffs of liquorice, leather, and also plums and black cherries, followed by a richly tannic, long, long finish.

The super concentrated flavours are generous even in youth, but this sensational wine is sensational after six months to a year. Good acidity makes this a very food friendly wine: like many Italian reds, Brunello shines in the company of assertively flavoured foods. Osso buco and veal piccata are splendid accompaniments, as are hard cheeses such as asiago and Pecorino Romano. Its firm backbone of acids and tannins make it work well with rich and spicy foods like Italian sausages or lasagna.

Body: Medium-Full | Sweetness: Dry | Oak Intensity: Heavy

This kit contains all the necessary ingredients to make your wine. Click Here for the detailed instruction sheet, which includes the step-by-step guide for making your wine as well as the required equipment.

A dry red wine with firm acidity, rich tannins, and generous alcohol levels. Dark, inky purple colour and ripe fruit flavours of plums, black cherry and blackberry give an almost jammy character on the palate. Smoke, earth, leather, wild game, tobacco and white/black pepper along with intriguingly spicy notes make for an interesting medley of aromas and flavours, adding to layers of complexity. Definitely a wine for red meat, it is adaptable enough to stand up to spicy cuisines, such as Mexican, Cajun, Indian, Thai or Italian, working especially well with barbecue and other hard to pair meat-based dishes.

Body: Medium-Full | Sweetness: Dry | Oak Intensity: Medium

This kit contains all the necessary ingredients to make your wine. Click Here for the detailed instruction sheet, which includes the step-by-step guide for making your wine as well as the required equipment.

Best described as a 'Super Cabernet', this is a dark rich wine with wonderfully concentrated flavours of juicy blackberry and black currant, with smooth, gripping tannins and an elegant structure leading to a magnificent, boldly oaked finish. With intense fuit-forward character, this wine drinks well immediately and it will fully round out in only three months, delivering intense fuit and richness. Serve with grilled steak, roasted lamb or try it with bittersweet chocolate!

Body: Medium-Full | Sweetness: Dry | Oak Intensity: Medium

This kit contains all the necessary ingredients to make your wine. Click Here for the detailed instruction sheet, which includes the step-by-step guide for making your wine as well as the required equipment.

The varietal responsible for classic red burgundy. The scent, flavour, body and texture of Pinot Noir is profound. Supple, spicy fruit flavours are a delight to the palate.

Body: Light-Medium | Sweetness: Dry | Oak Intensity: Medium

This kit contains all the necessary ingredients to make your wine. Click Here for the detailed instruction sheet, which includes the step-by-step guide for making your wine as well as the required equipment.

Montepulciano is a vigorous red grape variety widely planted over much of east-central Italy, capable of creating deeply coloured, rich red wines with blackberry fruit flavours and spicy, peppery tannin levels. Montepulciano generally produces wines that are smooth and mellow yet robust and mouth filling, with dependably high alcohol content. Superb with veal and pasta an Italian gem you wont want to miss.

Body: Full | Sweetness: Dry | Oak Intensity: Medium

This kit contains all the necessary ingredients to make your wine. Click Here for the detailed instruction sheet, which includes the step-by-step guide for making your wine as well as the required equipment.

This Chilean Malbec has an intense bouquet of damson plums, blackcurrant and violet aroma, which give way to a slight touch of hunting and leather notes. This richly purple coloured Malbec carries the plush texture of ripe tannins with long, soft flavours. Although it ages beautifully, firm tannins and mellow acidity allow this wine to be enjoyed while young.

Body: Medium | Sweetness: Dry | Oak Intensity: Medium

This kit contains all the necessary ingredients to make your wine. Click Here for the detailed instruction sheet, which includes the step-by-step guide for making your wine as well as the required equipment.

This immensely charming, exotic wine is true to its German translation: spicy. Deeply coloured and opulently aromatic, with an unmistakably flowery perfume and flavours of lychees and roses. Crisp, lush, and refreshing - a wonderful match with spicy foods, strong cheeses and fresh fruits.

Body: Medium | Sweetness: Off-Dry | Oak Intensity: None

This kit contains all the necessary ingredients to make your wine. Click Here for the detailed instruction sheet, which includes the step-by-step guide for making your wine as well as the required equipment.

This popular blend combines the plump, fruity, earlier ageing Merlot grape with the robust Cabernet Sauvignon grape for a powerful match.

Body: Medium-Full | Sweetness: Dry | Oak Intensity: Medium

This kit contains all the necessary ingredients to make your wine. Click Here for the detailed instruction sheet, which includes the step-by-step guide for making your wine as well as the required equipment.

Symphony is a white grape that defies tradition and convention. It is a crossing of two French grapes: Muscat of Alexandria, a white grape of intensely aromatic, grapey character, and Grenache Gris, a red grape with bold fruity aromas and zesty acidity. The resulting wine has incredibly intense aromas of melon, grapefruit, mango, peach, banana and papaya. The fruity character picks up a strong backbone from the good acidity and hint of tannin carried over from the Grenache Gris. The name was endowed by a wine scientist who tasted one of the first finished wines made from the new grape and declared that it showed "a Symphony of aromas and flavours."

Body: Medium | Sweetness: Dry | Oak Intensity: None

This kit contains all the necessary ingredients to make your wine. Click Here for the detailed instruction sheet, which includes the step-by-step guide for making your wine as well as the required equipment.

This icewine is sweet and rich, almost syrupy in texture, with rose and salmon tints. Cabernet Franc Icewine entices with irresistible aromas and flavors: ripe currants, notes of spice, honey, strawberry, tart rhubarb, and cranberry. Enjoyed best when chilled, not cold. Ideal serving temperature is 50-53F (10-12C).

Body: Medium-Full | Sweetness: Sweet | Oak Intensity: None

This kit contains all the necessary ingredients to make your wine. Click Here for the detailed instruction sheet, which includes the step-by-step guide for making your wine as well as the required equipment.

Note: This wine kit may take up to a week to make it into our warehouse, so shipment timing will be delayed.

The noble California red grape. Rich in tannis, it produces a deep, full-bodied wine with intense aroma and flavour. A robust wine, perfect with red meat or wild game. Best when aged for several months.

Body: Medium-Full | Sweetness: Dry | Oak Intensity: Medium

This kit contains all the necessary ingredients to make your wine. Click Here for the detailed instruction sheet, which includes the step-by-step guide for making your wine as well as the required equipment.

The bold, individualistic style of Australia's winemakers has unleashed the full potential behind the king of red grapes', captured here in our Australian Cabernet Sauvignon. Combines forward fruit flavours of cherry, raspberry and blackcurrant with a tremendous backing of tannin and structure. Rich and polished with a long, layered finish warmly accentuated with oak.

Body: Medium-Full | Sweetness: Dry | Oak Intensity: Heavy

This kit contains all the necessary ingredients to make your wine. Click Here for the detailed instruction sheet, which includes the step-by-step guide for making your wine as well as the required equipment.

Deep crimson, with dark cherry aroma, red fruits and berry notes running to a smoky, spicy finish with notes of dark chocolate and tobacco. With medium body and moderate tannins, Carmenre drinks well young and improves with age.Drink with grilled beef, pizza, or dark chocolate.

Body: Medium-Full | Sweetness: Dry | Oak Intensity: Heavy

This kit contains all the necessary ingredients to make your wine. Click Here for the detailed instruction sheet, which includes the step-by-step guide for making your wine as well as the required equipment.

The uniquely Italian version of the well known Pinot Gris grape, picked earlier in Italy than in all other regions and well before its characteristic loss of acidity at ripening, for a bright, crisp, dry white wine with a gentle perfume and a detectable spiciness. Fresh, fragrant and lively, its flavours include a certain flintiness with hints of citrus and almonds.

Body: Light-Medium | Sweetness: Dry | Oak Intensity: None

This kit contains all the necessary ingredients to make your wine. Click Here for the detailed instruction sheet, which includes the step-by-step guide for making your wine as well as the required equipment.

The grape that was made for Down Under - its hot climate perfect for bringing out the best traits in this popular grape varietal. Australian Shiraz is seductively delicious, with startlingly rich, ripe aromas that deliver right through to the full zesty finish. Amazingly, the style allows for polished tannins early, so the young wine is not rough or harsh. The aged version retains the core fruit flavors of plums, cherries and blackberries, but gains extra polish. Pair this Shiraz with flavorful meals!

Body: Medium-Full | Sweetness: Dry | Oak Intensity: Heavy

This kit contains all the necessary ingredients to make your wine. Click Here for the detailed instruction sheet, which includes the step-by-step guide for making your wine as well as the required equipment.

Italy's most powerful wine, Amarone is renowned as a fruity, full-bodied, with rich intensity from the dried grapeskins included in the fermentation. Winexpert's Selection International Italian Amarone with Grape Skins is an intense, complex wine, with a wide array of flavours and aromas. Deep, nearly opaque red, this heavyweight exudes aromas of sour cherries, dark chocolate, stewed plums, dried fruits, anise, raisins, bitter almond, tobacco, leather and molasses, and has a spicy-earthy bittersweet finish that goes on and on, from the huge volume of tannins.

Pair with grilled beef, strong dry cheeses (Parmigiano Reggiano or Asiago), pasta with meat-based tomato sauces, antipasto, veal or roast pork. The gripping tannin in this wine also makes it a natural for other red meats and game, and the fruit lifts up well herbed or spiced dishes.

Body: Medium-Full | Sweetness: Dry | Oak Intensity: Medium

This kit contains all the necessary ingredients to make your wine. Click Here for the detailed instruction sheet, which includes the step-by-step guide for making your wine as well as the required equipment.

The pride of Italy's Tuscany region, this blend is famous for its full, dry character and elegant flavours of cherries and blackberries. Sturdy and robust, with tangy undertones and a slight spiciness. Ageing uncovers its complex depth of flavour.

Body: Light-Medium | Sweetness: Dry | Oak Intensity: Medium

This kit contains all the necessary ingredients to make your wine. Click Here for the detailed instruction sheet, which includes the step-by-step guide for making your wine as well as the required equipment.

Powerful fruit and spice flavor, with mellow tannins for a supple finish. Deserves ageing, but will develop quicker than Cabernet Sauvignon and will stand up to the same food pairings.

Body: Medium | Sweetness: Dry | Oak Intensity: Medium

This kit contains all the necessary ingredients to make your wine. Click Here for the detailed instruction sheet, which includes the step-by-step guide for making your wine as well as the required equipment.

Developed as a cross combining the lively qualities of Riesling with the viticultural reliability of Sylvaner, Germanys most widely cultivated grape attains rare heights in aroma and flavour. Winexpert's German Mller-Thurgau is crisp and clean, with a grapey fruit character, low to medium acidity, and a pleasantly fragrant aroma. Vibrant flavours of crunchy green apples are imparted in its floral residual sweetness, aided by the addition of Winexpert's F-pack finishing package.

Body: Medium | Sweetness: Off-Dry | Oak Intensity: None

This kit contains all the necessary ingredients to make your wine. Click Here for the detailed instruction sheet, which includes the step-by-step guide for making your wine as well as the required equipment.