Hi,

I've made wine from a few kits in the past, but seem to have struck a
problem this weekend when making a Red kit from Beaverdale. Never made a
red wine before, so when a family member arrived on my doorstep with a 30
bottle kit from Beaverdale to make a Barolo, I felt quite excited as to how
things might turn out.

All my other kits had been Beaverdale, but whites, so I was fairly confident
about things and everyone who had tried the wines were suitably impressed.
Everything went as planned and I bottled-up this weekend. Last night I tried
a bottle and was quite suprised at the 'watery' taste. Colour was good, but
there didn't seem to be much taste at all. My wife tried some and agreed
with me - I finished the bottle and went to bed wondering what had happened.

Not being a Red Wine drinker normally, I'm not sure what it is supposed to
be like, so pushed a few bottles out to friends and am awaiting their
response. In the meantime I thought I would try to find out what may have
gone wrong and what I could do with the remaining 27 bottles!

Before bottling I did a Hydrometer test which read 996, but I didn't take
readings at any other stage.

Help!

John
Leigh-on-Sea, UK