I made a Grand Cru White Zinfandel, and when secondary fermentation was
finished and I racked it to another carboy, I added 1-4 oz bottle of
Raspberry Beer Flavoring. It turned out so good that I not only made a
second batch, but also tried two other batches with apple and blackberry
flavoring. The apple had to be sweetened, and the blackberry isn't ready to
taste, yet. But it seems to work quite well.

And you know how some kits have oak powder to add to your kit? Well, if you
think that a different flavor will help your wine, there's no reason not to
add it. I'm thinking of adding cinnamon (via cinnamon sticks) flavoring
into some of my kit wines. Of course, the big risk is that you're wrong and
the flavor of the kit doesn't mix with whatever you add.



"Alfonse" > wrote in message
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> Hello all,
> I was wondering how many of you "modify" your kit wines. I want to
> experiment with such things as adding elderberries, more sugar, more
> concentrate (from another similar kit), maybe some black peppercorns,
> tannins, oaks etc, etc. Does anybody have a favorite recipe that they
would
> like to share?
> My experimentation would be with red wines only.
> Thanks,
> Al
>
>