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The Best Wine Kits Ever: Limited Editions 2012!

2011-10-25T18:26:00.000-07:00

Every year we are blessed with some terrific finds from Winexpert. They give us great, hard-to-find juices for home winemakers. If you are new to this program, do not miss this fantastic opportunity. The juices in this program make some of the most outstanding wine we've ever tasted. Wines made from these special juice series have received numerous awards at winemaking competitions throughout North America. Using a combination of 100% pure varietal grape juice and premium grape concentrates, the juices yield wines possessing superior flavor, aroma, and complexity.

Here is the 2012 Limited Edition Line-Up:

January
Washington Meritage
A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Petite Verdot, this wine features great extract, deep color and intense aromatics of dark berry fruit, cassis, peppery spice, cedar and smoke. The seductive nose of this wine foreshadows magnificent texture and flavor, including dark berries, liquorice, vanilla and warm brown spices that glide across the palate. The texture and mouthfeel of the wine offers up silky tannins and a velvety smooth structure. Sweetness: Dry

Late-January
South African Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
Sauvignon Blanc has wild, herbaceous flavors and tart, grapefruit-like character, which shows strongly in the young wine, while Sémillon has flavors of honeydew melon and sweet honey that take a bit longer to come out. Together the two grapes make a lush, balanced wine with great up-front fruit and a satisfying, rich finish. Sweetness: Dry

February
California Petite Sirah/Zinfandel
Grippingly tannic, bold and deeply colored Petite Sirah complements the jamminess of Zinfandel, taming the abundant blueberries and blackberries with a hint of dark cherry and vanilla. Full-bodied with a lingering palate and peppery spice, this is a wine of unprecedented power and length. Sweetness: Dry

March
German Traminer Spätlese
Traminer is the parent of the more familiar Gewürztraminer and Spätlese is a German wine term meaning ‘late harvest’, indicating a wine made from fully mature grapes that are picked at least 7 days after normal harvest, so they are riper and have higher sugar levels. This is a gently golden-colored wine, unmistakable in its heady, aromatic intensity, with a pungent fragrance of lychee, tropical fruit and rose petals. Its flavors are ample, lusciously fruity and spicy. Sweetness: Off Dry

April
Spanish Matador Trio Red
Tempranillo are deep blue-black berries, high in color and extract, with delicate aromas. Cabernet Sauvignon’s small berries yield high tannins and intense structure, while Monastrell adds grip, earthiness and ripe red fruit. Lush, tannic and complex, with intense black fruit flavors of black cherry, raspberry, black currant and notes of plums and tobacco, the wine takes gracefully to oak, adding layers of vanilla, cedar and rich coffee nuances. Sweetness: Dry

These juice kits MUST be pre-ordered

New Island Mist Kit - Dragonfruit

2011-10-18T12:56:00.000-07:00

Winexpert is at it again! Creating phenomenal flavors in a brand new Island Mist kit. Raspberry Dragonfruit Shiraz. This blush wine has been given some fire of excitement with the addition of sweet dragonfruit then gently splashed with tangy cool raspberries. Light the grill and sear some spicy shrimp skewers, or prepare some Thai green curry cuisine for a night of fire and flare.
Raspberry Dragon Fruit Kit

New Wine Kits

2011-08-03T04:43:00.001-07:00

New Wine Kits from Winexpert

The addition of processed grape skins to kits can be an excellent way to improve and enhance body, mouth-feel, tannin and color. With lower levels of processing, grape skins carry more solids into the finished wine than concentrate/juice alone kits have traditionally had. The result is enhanced body, mouth-feel, tannin and color and in this case the trade-off for a marked increase in character is not accompanied by the need for increased ageing.

Chilean Malbec Shiraz
Spanish Tempranillo
Sicilian Nero D'Avola
Australian Petit Verdot

The process followed for producing Winexpert grape skins removes most of the short-chain (harsh) tannins, leaving behind the smooth, mouth-filling tannins and the desirable flavors. The wines will drink very well almost as soon as they are bottled, and will improve on the same scale as regular Selection International: 6-12 months to achieve a high peak of flavor and improvement for up to three years under good cellaring.

These kits will be available in September 2011 and we are excited to try them!

Trivia Winner

2011-07-18T13:42:00.000-07:00

Dallas Edminston

Congratulations to our trivia contest winner, Dallas Edmiston! Dallas, who brews up a pretty decent beer and his wife, Linda, who makes outstanding wine, own Discover Diving. Discover Diving is located right down the road from us at 5319 Transit Road. Be sure to send your diving friends there or if you are ever interested in learning to dive, be sure to give them a visit!

Congrats to all the correct answers - next contest will be a bit more challenging!

Guess the Grape Trivia Contest

2011-07-15T06:03:00.000-07:00

Clue #4
I am one of the few grapes permitted in the making of red Bordeaux wine. All correct answers will be entered into the drawing and the winning name will be selected on Saturday, July 16. Please email your answer to info@letsdowine.com

Guess the Grape Trivia Contest - Clue #3

2011-07-12T07:51:00.000-07:00

It is believed that I was named after a Hungarian peasant and my main aromas are cherry, plum, chocolate and raspberry.

See July 4th post for Clue #1 and contest rules. Final clue will be given Friday, July 15 - all answers must be emailed to info@letsdowine.com. Answers must be received by Saturday, July 16 by noon. All correct answers will be put into a drawing and will be randomly selected at our wine tasting on Saturday, July 16.

Guess the Grape Trivia Contest

2011-07-07T09:46:00.000-07:00

Here is Clue #2

I am a grape that is most commonly grown in France but I actually grow better in South America. What grape am I?

See Blog July 4 entry for Clue #1 and details of contest.

Angel vs Devil New Wine Kits

2011-07-06T06:52:00.000-07:00

Check out the Vintners Reserve Angel Blanco and Diablo Rojo new wine kits from Winexpert. We have a wine for both our good and bad side!

The Angel Blanco is rich and boldly fruity from a blend of Chardonnay, Muscat and Riesling that delivers up a floral aromatic nose and a fine mix of peachy, honey, pineapple fruit, finishing with a perfect balance of acidity and fruitiness.

The Diablo Rojo is dark purple in color with a nose of blackberry jam melded with creamy vanilla aromas and a touch of tobacco. Rich in the mouth, it has gently smooth tannins and ripe plum and berry flavors similar to an off-dry Merlot. The finish is long and fruit-filled, with the perfect amount of toasty oak. Delicious with robust foods and excellent all on its own. Intro sale price for a limited time.

Guess the Grape Trivia Contest

2011-07-04T08:07:00.000-07:00

Win a One Gallon Deluxe Wine Making Kit or a $50 Gift Certificate in our Trivia Contest. Simply Guess the Grape after four clues (clues will be given every 4 days - July 4th, 8th, 12th & 16th). Clues are given (on FB, Twitter, our email newsletter and our website/blog). Here is the first clue:

Guess the Grape:

Clue #1 - I am purple in color and have very thin skin. I require hotter temperatures than most other grapes.

No need to guess until the end of the contest. To be eligible to win, all guesses must be emailed to info@letsdowine.com. All correct emails will be put into a drawing and the random winner will be selected in the store at our wine tasting event on Saturday, July 16.

Please "share" this contest and if you referred the winner of the contest, you will win a $50 gift certificate! That's WIN/WIN!

Specialty Dessert Wines

2011-06-16T13:56:00.000-07:00

Attention all winemakers! Do not miss this opportunity to get these awesome juices. Our Chocolate Raspberry Port, Blackerry Port and Peach Ice Wine are Pre-order by July 26, 2011. They will arrive in the store by mid-September. These are very special and unique juices. Don't miss this opportunity. A bottle of port or ice wine makes a great Christmas gift. Click here for >>>> more details and ordering info

Getting Twisted for the Summer

2011-05-12T10:35:00.000-07:00

Twisted Mists
They're back!!!! Again, Winexpert has given us another chance to get "Twisted" this summer with the ever popular high-alcohol, ready-to-drink cocktail beverages. Available in three awesome flavors:

Strawberry Margarita
Twisted Mojito
NEW>>Lime Margarita

Chilean Juices

2011-04-04T17:59:00.000-07:00

South America is currently harvesting its grapes and we will be soon be receiving our fresh juices from Chile. Chilean wines benefit greatly from The Andes Mountains that provide abundant irrigation water as well as the perfect climate for a great grape growing region.

Why Make Wine

2010-06-16T07:37:00.000-07:00

Years ago home winemaking was messy, required a lot of patience and didn’t always produce good results. Most everyone has a memory of their uncle, grandfather, neighbor, etc. who had some awful tasting wine brewing in their basement. With today’s technology, home winemaking is now a very easy and affordable hobby that can produce very high quality tasting wine. Besides making a quality wine there are other reasons to make your own wine.

Making your own wine is affordable. Thanks to technology more modern equipment is now available to the home wine maker. You can purchase prepackaged equipment kits that will provide you with most of the necessary items. These items can be purchased at Let's Do Wine for around $100. After your initial purchase of equipment, you will have to buy the ingredients for each batch of wine you make. If you enjoy drinking more traditional varietals such as Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernets and Pinots and want wine similar to what is commercially available, then it is best if you purchase wine in a concentrate kit form. Most concentrate kits have easy to follow instructions, pre-measured packets of the necessary additives such as yeast, stabilizing and clearing agents. The most important item in the concentrate kit itself is the juice. The better juice kit manufacturers source high quality grapes from some of the best grape growing regions in the world. Once the grapes are pressed, the juice is properly balanced for sugar, acidity, pH levels, etc. and then flash pasteurized and concentrated to allow for a good shelf-life and easy handling. High quality wine juice can be purchased for as little as a few dollars per bottle.

Not only is wine making is a fun hobby, it’s affordable too. Many folks have fun hobbies such as golf, stamp collecting, reading, etc. The great thing about wine making is you have something to show for your efforts. Most wine making supply stores offer a selection of bottles, labels, foil shrink tops to make your wine have a professional look. Desktop publishing software can be used to make personalized custom labels. Not only is it nice to bring a bottle of homemade wine to a dinner party, a bottle of wine makes a wonderful gift at the holidays or used for wedding and shower favors.

Wine making is a four step process that takes approximately 4 weeks to ferment, stabilize and clear a batch of wine. Most batches are made in 6 gallon amounts which yield 30 bottles of wine. All you will really need at home is a small space that has running water to clean your equipment. While the wine is fermenting it will need to be stored in a place that will maintain average room temperatures between 65 and 75 degrees.

Once your friends learn that you make your own wine they will be very intrigued. As soon as they discover how good it is, you will become the most popular person in your neighborhood and family. You will be proud to say: “I made this!”

To get started making wine click here.

Written by: Wendy Kielar, Let's Do Wine
This article can also be found on Ezine.com

Four Wines You Must Have in Your Collection

2010-06-10T13:41:00.000-07:00

Whether you make your own wine, collect wine or are just a weekend wine warrior, it is important to have at least four “must have” staple wines in your collection.

The first wine everyone should have on hand is a Riesling. This white wine is a must because of its popularity and familiarity. People are comfortable with wines they have heard of before and can easily pronounce (rees’-ling). Riesling grapes originated in Germany but are grown all over the world. Riesling wines don’t have a lot of strict “standards” placed on them. This allows the wine maker a bit more liberty when it comes to color and sweetness. Rieslings can range from a light pale straw to a golden color. They can be semi-sweet, off-dry or dry. For your collection be sure to find one that is a lighter body off-dry. This style will usually boast great flavor and please a wide range of people.

Now that we have a white in our collection, lets balance it with a nice red. Cabernet Sauvignon (aka “Cab”) is a required wine for anyone who wants to do some serious entertaining. A good Cab’s taste should be well-defined and recognizable. It is a nicely structured red medium-to-full bodied. The taste should remind you of berries, black currants with a nice lingering finish. Cabernet is the top growing grape in California. Therefore, whether you are purchasing a bottle, a case or the juice to make your own be sure to look at the available options from California.

If you can only afford a couple of choices, I would be very comfortable serving a Riesling and a Cab at a dinner party. If you want to build on your selection, a heavier more flavorful white would be in order. A Chardonnay is a very robust white and even in a pinch, red wine lovers will gravitate toward this well structured vino. It’s a white that won’t please everyone but that’s why you have the Riesling. Chardonnays are typically dry and have a very unique flavor profile ranging from buttery to oaky. They are one of the few whites that due well being aged in oak. Typically reds are aged in oak barrels. Chardonnay grapes grow nicely in California as well as France and Australia.

The fourth and final staple wine is a Pinot Noir. A Pinot is a red wine that is light in body but not light in taste. It is a very aromatic wine and will round out your collection nicely. Its intense aroma will remind you of red berries, black cherries and a slight hint of spice. Pinot grapes are not easily grown. They are very delicate and only survive in certain specific climates. Many parts of the West Coast including California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia grow very nice Pinot Grapes. New Zealand boasts one of the best Pinot grape growing region.

With these four great choices you will have a nice balanced collection of wine that will be sure to delight the palates of your friends and family regardless of their wine experience and knowledge. A few other common wines to consider adding would be Merlot, Shiraz, Sauvignon Blanc, and Pinot Grigio.

Written by: Wendy Kielar, Owner of Let's Do Wine!

Health Benefits of Drinking Beer

2010-06-02T07:32:00.000-07:00

Did you know that recent studies prove that beer actually has more health benefits than wine?!

Beer is loaded with lots of antioxidants as well as the hops have many health benefits including anti-inflamatory properties.

These benefits are found mostly in darker colored and bitter tasting beers. And just like wine, moderation is the key.

Interested in making your own healthy beer? Simply visit LetsDoBeer.com

Click Here to watch the health benefits of beer video.

Watermelon Beer

2010-05-19T14:04:00.000-07:00

Yes, call me crazy but when I read this article about watermelon beer, I knew that it wasn't just me who thought that watermelon could add something to a beer. Sure enough after my first attempt of adding a hint of watermelon to my last batch of wheat beer, I really got the attention of my friends and family. After many thumbs up from my taste-testers...I have packaged it in our Easy Ass kits.

New Wine Kits >>>> Black Currant & Kiwi Pomelo

2010-05-12T11:07:00.000-07:00

Orchard Breezin has done it again! Another two new wine kits have hit the market.

Black Currant White Merlot and Kiwi Pomelo Sauvignon Blanc.

Both kits are in stock and ready to ferment. Make 6 gallons (30 bottles) $59.99

2010 Limited Edition Juices

2009-10-04T15:24:00.000-07:00

Selection Limited Edition is now in its 20th year!!! As a tribute to the 20th year, Winexpert has brought back its most popular Limited Editions!

If you are new to this program, do not miss this fantastic opportunity. The juices in this program make some of the most outstanding wine we've ever tasted. Wines made from Selection Limited Edition Series have received numerous awards at winemaking competitions throughout North America. Using a combination of 100% pure varietal grape juice and premium grape concentrates, Selection Limited Edition yields wines possessing superior flavor, aroma, and complexity. Only available by pre-ordering. Makes 6 gallons (30 bottles .750) of wine) Place your order now (your credit card will not be charged until the juice is shipped to you.

2010 Limited Edition Varieties

Mid January - South African Shiraz (Originally offered in January 2006)
The Region: Stellenbosch is South Africa's oldest growing region, the center for study of viticulture and oenology in Africa, and the heart of the wine industry. Famous for its stunning natural beauty, it has soaring mountains, forests, vineyards, olive groves and veldts. South Africa's finest red wines thrive in the Cape's moderate climate, and the Shiraz from this region is dense with jammy richness, intense fruit, and complex spiciness.

The Wine: This wine has a dense, chewy blackberry, earthiness and robust character. This medium/full bodied wine almost begs for early drinking, with spice and rich fruit, but the bold tannins and rich jamminess (typical of Shiraz) will allow it to improve with age for a further 2 years.

The Food: The pepper, plums and red fruit aromas and abundant tannins blend wonderfully with barbecue, grilled red meat and stews.

Sweetness: 0 Dry
Available: Mid-January 2010
Quantity: 6 gallons
Price: $139.95

Late January - California Lake County Trio Blanca (Originally offered in January 2005)
The Region: In California's Lake County, the vineyards nestle in steep hills in the west, while Clear Lake, directly east, moderates the blistering heat of summer, ensuring slow, even ripening and perfect grapes.

The Wine: A unique blend of three grapes, Selection Limited Edition Trio Blanca is an outstanding white wine that showcases bright fruit flavors, excellent structure, and a long finish. Pinot Blanc contributes the delicate floral character and full body while Chenin Blanc gives a wonderful melon honey aroma with hints of apple. The third grape variety, Sauvignon Blanc contributes zesty acidity and aromas of gooseberry and herbs. After six months ageing, the Sauvignon Blanc will dominate with zest and crispness. After a year, the Chenin Blanc's honey and melon will come out, and at 18 months to two years the Pinot Blanc will show a perfumed floweriness and lingering structure.

The Food: Enjoy by itself or serve Trio Blanca with seafood, chicken or vegetarian dishes.

Sweetness: 0 Dry
Available: Late-January 2010
Quantity: 6 gallons
Price: $139.95

February - Australian Petit Verdot (Originally offered in April 2004)
The Region: South East Australia is a literal hotbed of grape growing. The abundant sunshine hours and heat allow growers to ripen varieties that have all but been abandoned by growing regions less blessed. Petit Verdot is one such variety. It makes unsurpassed red wines in Bordeaux, where it goes into their classic Cabernet\Merlot blends, yet the climate there is too cool to ripen it reliably.)

The Wine: Best described as a Super Cabernet, it makes dark, rich wines, with wonderfully concentrated flavors of spice, blackberry and blackcurrant. With smooth, gripping tannins and an elegant structure leading to a magnificent boldly oaked finish, this is a wine for long term ageing and special occasions.)

The Food: Excellent when paired with steak, prime rib, lamb, intense cheeses, and game.

Sweetness: 0 Dry
Available: February 2010
Quantity: 6 gallons
Price: $139.95

March - Pacific Quartet (Originally offered in March 2007)
The Region: The Pacific Coast of North America has micro climates that match those of the blazing sunshine of the Mediterranean to the crisp mountain air of the upper Rhine. With so much range and variety, there is a perfect terroir for almost any grape you can name.)

The Wine: This wine showcases bright fruit, excellent structure and a long finish. Vidal from British Columbia gives spiciness and stone fruit. Chenin Blanc from California gives a wonderful melonyhoneyed aroma with hints of apple. Gew¨¹rztraminer from Washington contributes lychee, rose petals and floral notes, and Muscat from Australia's Murray Darling Valley gives wonderful grapey notes with dried fruit and hints of orange peel.)

The Food: This wine has a range of fruit character and enough acidity to stand up to a wide range of foods, particularly spicy and savory dishes, including Thai cuisine, grilled fish, herbed roast chicken or barbecued salmon. Although delicious right on bottling day, drinking it early would prevent it from showing its best Cafter six months the Muscat and Vidal will dominate with spicy/grapey notes, after a year the Chenin Blanc's honey and melon will come out, and at 18 months to two years the Gewurztraminer will show a perfumed floweriness and lush structure.

Sweetness: 1 Off-dry
Available: March 2010
Quantity: 6 gallons
Price: $139.95

April - Italian Brunello (Originally offered in April 2007)
The Region: Italy’s long, narrow peninsula reaches deep into the Mediterranean, basking in the relentless sunshine and welcoming warmth. Gentle sloping hillsides, rich mineral soils, the moderating breezes off of the Mediterranean waters and unique grape varieties work to make wonderful wines.

The Wine: Brunello is a large, berried variety of the Sangiovese grape, most famous in Brunello di Montalcino. The flavor profile of Sangiovese is fruity, with strong natural acidity, a firm and elegant assertiveness and a robust finish that can extend surprisingly long. The aroma is generally subtle, with cherry, strawberry, blueberry, and violet notes. Medium-bodied but boldly tannic and intense, this gripping wine will begin to open up after six months, but the richer flavors will take at least 18 months to show, with cherry and spice dominating the long, fruity finish.)

The Food: Brunello shines in the company of assertively flavored foods. Hard cheeses such as Asiago and Parmigiano Reggiano are splendid accompaniments and the wines backbone of acids and tannins make it work well with rich and spicy foods like Italian sausages or lasagna.

Sweetness: 0 Dry
Available: April 2010
Quantity: 6 gallons
Price: $139.95

Be sure to pre-order your 2010 Limited Selections NOW!! Deadline for ordering is December 1st!! Each kit makes 6 gallons of wine. Be sure to get the coupon from Oct & Nov newsletters to save $10 on each kit! Must be used at the time of order. If you're not receiving our newsletter be sure to sign up on our home page. To read our current newsletter as well as archived newsletters go to Community Corner.

Mulled Wine

2009-09-27T13:01:00.000-07:00

Cool weather, grapes, apples, and warm mulled wine - no wonder Fall is my favorite season!

Mulled wine, also know as Gluhwein (glue-vine), is warm red wine with some sugar and spices added.

Click here to for a recipe on how to make Mulled Wine.

How to Make Wine (I mean good wine)

2009-08-05T11:53:00.000-07:00

Here is a message to home winemakers if you want to make great tasting wine that is similar to commercially made wines: "USE KIT WINES"!!!! Sorry for the "all caps shout out" but I have no other way of making my point.

For years I have been helping people make wine from all sorts of stuff including fresh grapes, blueberries, apples, barley, maple sap, dandelions, beets, you name it!

One of the biggest challenges of getting people to start making wine is trying to convince them that it won't taste like that "god-awful" stuff their Grandpa used to concoct in the basement!

Now, I'm not saying that home winemakers cannot make good wine from scratch but it sure is a lot easier to do with a wine kit.

So why are wine kits so good? As with most things, when starting with high quality ingredients, you end up with good results. The wine kits we carry contain very high quality juice from some of the best grape growing regions in the world.

Australian Wines

2009-08-04T18:12:00.000-07:00

Australia isn't just known for its kangaroos anymore...they have some great ass kicking grapes to make wine. Our grape juice supplier, Winexpert, has contracted with many vineyards in Australia to obtain a large quantity of grapes to produce some of the finest wine making kits available for the home winemaker. Be sure to check out the wide variety of our Australian Wine Kits.

Here are just a few of the juices we carry:

Australian Chardonnay
Supple and slightly buttery, this wine lingers on the palate with layers of toast and spice. Extremely versatile with foods, this is the 'red wine' of white wines, combining beautifully with grilled pork, chicken, fish, salads and cream-based pasta sauces.

Australian Cabernet Sauvignon
The bold, individualistic style of Australia's winemakers has unleashed the full potential behind the making of red grapes, captured here in our Australian Cabernet Sauvignon. Combines forward fruit flavors 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.

Australian Shiraz
The grape that was made for Down Under - its hot climate perfec 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 flavours of plums, cherries and blackberries, but gains extra polish. Pair this Shiraz with flavorful meals!

Best Selling Winemaking Juice Kit

2009-07-22T17:28:00.000-07:00

We recently had a trivia contest to guess what our best selling wine making juice kit has been over the past five years. Even though we had many correct answers, many were surprised that it was Island Mist's Green Apple Riesling.

So what does it taste like? Take a nice crisp Riesling and marry it with a hint of Granny Smith Green Apples and viola...you've got a glass of Green Apple Riesling! It does have some residual sugar but it also has a nice balance from the tart apples.

Several of our customers have won many awards when entering their bottles of Green Apple in State, County, and other local wine competitions.

If you haven't tried this unique and wonderful wine, give it a try. Now is a great time to make it so it will be ready for the Fall. It's great to serve with Apple or Pumpkin pie as well as chicken fingers, nachos.

Amarone Wine Making Juice

2009-07-17T09:16:00.000-07:00

I have been making wine for years but it wasn't until I made an Amarone (aw-mah-row-nay) that I completely "wowed" myself. I knew I could make good wine but it was that batch of Amarone that gave me the confidence to open a wine shop as well as a winery. If home winemakers could learn how to make a wine this incredibly good, I wanted to help show them how.

So why is Amarone so special? It is made from Corvina, Molinara and Rondinella grapes from the Veneto region of Northern Italy. Once the grapes are picked from the vine, a portion of them are laid to rest on straw mats for three to four months in a well-ventilated room. This concentrates the flavor of the grapes, lending to the big bold flavors of Amarone. The high cencentration of flavor is also reflected in the sugar content which makes it a higher alcohol yield (approx 15-17%).

So what's it taste like? It is powerful, intense, and has a stunning complexity of vibrant flavors. It is a deep rich red color and its intense flavors and high alcohol make it a full-to-heavy bodied wine. It is packed with rich raspberry, blackberry, almond, with slight hints of chocolate flavors. Due to its high tannins, it has a beautiful long finish. Whether young our old, this wine requires breathing to allow the complex flavors to open up.

Even though it is drinkable quite young, this wine benefits well from ageing a year or two. We offer the two best kits on the market. Wine Expert Amarone concentrate and RJ Spagnols 100% Amarone Juice

Explore Chilean Wines

2009-06-24T07:07:00.000-07:00

We are proud to announce a great summer special to help you discover the exciting wines from Chile.

Try one of these fantastic wines:

Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon
Chilean Chardonnay
Chilean Pinot Noir
Chilean Merlot
Chilean Carmenere

Purchase any Chilean Selection juice kit and receive 10% off; buy two Chilean kits and get a set of four crystal wine glasses FREE! Offer good thru July 31, 2009 or while supplies last!

Online purchases use Promotion Code EC79 for 10% off of one kit or EC89 when purchasing two kits to get 10% plus FREE crystal wine glasses.

For more details or to order

Chilean Wines at LetsDoWine.com

Chocolate Raspberry Port

2009-05-28T17:32:00.000-07:00

It's back!!! Or at least it will be! You can get this by "pre-ordering" only. Order before August 1st and they will be delivered to us by mid-September, 2009. This awesome limited release juice makes the most outstanding Port. Read on...

Multiple Gold medal winner at the 2008 and 2009 WineMaker Amateur Wine Competition. Hugely popular for the last two years, many of our customers were left wanting more or some just plain missed out. Make sure you pre-order now!

Bursting with rich, intense flavors and aromas, this wine has traditional Port character of warm, rounded cherry and plum, supported by a racy zing of bright raspberry, perfumed and gently tart, giving way to luscious liquid chocolate, beguiling with dark, bittersweet aromas of coffee and vanilla—it’s like an entire chocolaterie in a glass! Toasty hints of oak guide the way to a long, rich finish. Excellent within three months, this wine will age gorgeously—if you can keep any that
long!

Oak: Toasted
Sweetness: 7
Body: Full
Alcohol by volume: 15%-16.5%

Like last year, Chocolate Raspberry Port will come complete with everything needed to produce 3 gallons of Port. It contains 3 gallons of juice...this is NOT a concentrate. No water added. 30 peel and stick bottle labels included. $109 per kit. Again, this kit must be Pre-ordered by August 1st and will arrive mid-September 2009. These will make awesome Christmas gifts! Call today 716-686-9969.