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Stephen
 
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Default F - packs

where are there kits that cheap????
let me know
"Daniel_B" > wrote in message
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> I've made a few wines with the F-packs, even cheap Overwaitea (Spagnols)
> $25-$35 kits. It's just a bit of a sweetener that help you make your wine
> taste more like the stuff made at the wineries. I forget which ones have

had
> the pack, I recall the white (blush) zinfandel. Piesporter may have had it
> too. It's not neccessary to add it to your kits. If you prefer a dry,dry
> wine as opposed to a very slightly sweetened one, then don't add it.
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> If you get into scratch wine making, you can buy it (AKA wine conditioner)
> really cheap, so I can't see it as a marketing game to make the kit worth
> more.
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> "Denis Marier" > wrote in message
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> > At time, I have made wine using higher priced kits. Many of them

included
> > an F - pack (finishing small foil pack). They claimed that its purpose

is
> > to provide an accurate authentic sweetness? The wine I made with these
> > added packs came out OK.
> > I wonder if this really contributed to style or its just a marketing

game
> to
> > justify the higher price?
> >
> > Denis
> > Sprucewood, Rothesay, N.B
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