Adding fruit helps, especially grapes or grape skins - but if this is your
first attempt, I'd just go with the kit and it's instructions to get some
experience and think about adding the next time around.

Hope it works out well!

Ed

"Dave" > wrote in message
...
> I'm about ready to make my first attempt at winemaking, using a wine kit
> from Brew King, a merlot. Looks like it should be fun. I read somewhere
> that adding fruit to a wine kit would be an interesting thing to do. I
> think the specific suggestions were dried grapes, cherries, etc. However
I
> lost that recipe.
>
> Is this really a good idea, or just a figment of my imagination? Do I add
> the fruit at the beginning of the primary? If this is a good idea, then
how
> much? And what are things to consider ... and things to stay away from.
> I'm tempted to just go ahead and expirement ... but I'd also like this
first
> batch to be moderately successful. Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Dave
>
>