While I have not made that kit, I have made strawberry wine from scratch -
sometimes when a wine is very young, that's all you do taste is the
alcoholic kick and that yeasty taste. It does improve by racking the wine
off sediment, and letting the wine bulk age (7 months) and bottle age (a few
months). Give it a chance.
Darlene

"Chris" > wrote in message
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> I just made my first batch of strawberry wine using a vintners harvest
kit,
> and followed the directions on the side of the can except instead of 7
Lbs
> of white sugar, I used 5 Lbs of white sugar and 2 Lbs of brown sugar. In
> addition, I added 12 oz of molassas. I let it ferment for about 1 week
in
> the primary, and 3 weeks in the secondary.
>
> When I racked the wine this afternoon, there was no strawberry flavor at
> all, only yeast and alcohol. Is this normal? How long will it have to
age
> before any of the strawberry flavor comes through?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris.
>
>