Wine Making Kits For Beginners

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If you are just getting started in wine making, you might be at a crossroads wondering which wine kit to buy.

In this blog post, you will find a wide range of wine kits with detailed specifications and general benefits of each.

The wine kits reviewed in this blog post are as follows:

Winemakers Depot 3 Gallon
North Mountain 1 Gallon
North Mountain 3 Gallon
Homebrew Ohio 1 Gallon
Homebrew Ohio Upgraded 1 Gallon
Master Vintner 1 Gallon
Master Vintner 6 Gallon Starter Kit
Homebrew Ohio Premium Kit
Homebrew Ohio Deluxe Fruit Kit
Strange Brew Wine Making Kit
Vintner's Starter Winemaking Kit
Master Vintner 1 Gallon Starter Kit (My Personal Choice)
Winemaking.net’s Wine Making Starter Equipment Kit

Check out our video below on how to make wine at home in an easy way!

You can find my entire blog post about making wine here: “How Long Does It Take to Make Wine at Home”

Comparing Price, Wine Yield and Missing Equipment

To give you an easy overview, I have taken all the wine kits reviewed in this post and placed them in a table to give you a clear view of their prices, how much wine they yield, and what equipment is missing.

Note: You need to provide your own choice of fruit for all the kits listed, therefore this will not count as a “missing” piece of equipment.

	Price	Yield	Missing Equipment
Winemakers Depot 3 Gallon	~$67	3 Gallons	Ingredients/Bottles/Corks
North Mountain 1 Gallon	~$93	1 Gallon	Bottles
North Mountain 3 Gallon	~$160	3 Gallons	Bottles
Homebrew Ohio 1 Gallon	~$50	1 Gallon	Corks/Corker/Bottles
Homebrew Ohio Upgraded 1 Gallon	~$55	1 Gallon	Corks/Corker/Bottles
Master Vintner 1 Gallon	~$50	1 Gallon	Corks/Corker/Bottles
Master Vintner 6 Gallon Starter Kit	~$145	6 Gallons	Bottles/Ingredients
Homebrew Ohio Premium Kit	~$99	6 Gallons	Bottles/Ingredients
Homebrew Ohio Deluxe Fruit Kit	~$80	1-6 Gallons	Corks/Corker/Bottles
Strange Brew Winemaking Kit	~$160	6 Gallons	Bottles/Ingredients
Vintner's Starter Winemaking Kit	~$120	6 Gallons	Bottles/Ingredients/Corks
Master Vintner 1 Gallon Starter Kit	~$85	1 Gallon	Bottles
Winemaking.net Starter Kit	~$120	6 Gallons	Bottles/Ingredients

This table should now already give you a good idea about which kit is suited for you, and give you a clear answer to what equipment you need to acquire yourself outside the contents of each kit.

Continue reading if you want more detailed specifications about each kit!

13 Solid Beginner Wine Making Kits

There are many different wine making kits, with various amounts of equipment and/or ingredients included.

Below you’ll find many different wine making kits in various price ranges and with various equipment.

#1 Winemakers Depot 3 Gallon Glass Wine Making Equipment Kit

Price: ~$67

Where to buy: amazon.com

The first wine making kit is also a rather cheap one. This kit is priced at 66.99 dollars as of writing this blog post and contains the essentials needed to brew 3 gallons of wine at home.

The reviews of this kit on Amazon are very positive, stating that it is a great starter kit for beginners.

This kit does not come with ingredients, but you can buy complete ingredient kits for this purpose, which you can find in a later section of this post!

Includes:

3 Gallon Carboy
6.5 Gallon fermenter with lid for an airlock
3/8 inch hydrometer
Dual scale thermometer
24” racking cane
3/8 inch 5 feet Siphon hose
3/8 inch Shut off clamp for Siphon hose
3/8 Inch airlock
Sanitizer

#2 North Mountain Supply 1 Gallon Wine Kit

Price: ~$93

Where to buy: amazon.com

A great kit that comes with almost everything you need to make wine, except the fresh fruit and wine bottles.

Has ingredients included making it a great all-in-one kit.

Includes detailed instructions on exactly how to make the perfect homemade wine. It also comes with a recipe handbook which contains over 100 different wine recipes.

This large 30 pieces kit contains many useful pieces for wine making and they are as follows:

Includes:

Step by step instructions
2 Gallon fermenter with lid for an airlock
1-gallon glass jug
Metal screw cap for the glass jug
Auto-siphon
5” Siphon hose
2 Airlocks
Nylon straining bag
4oz oxygen wash
50 Campden tablets
Pectic Enzyme
Stabilizer
3 yeast packets
Nutrients
Acid blend
Tannin
Energizer
Hydrometer + test jar
Glass wine thief
Corks + corker
Shrink caps
Bottle filler
Ingredients
Recipe book

#3 North Mountain Supply 3 Gallon Wine Kit

Price: ~$160

Where to buy: amazon.com

Almost identical the the former north mountain kit, besides its step up in terms of gallon size. This kit will provide you with a 3 gallon batch of wine, where all you need to provide is the fruit and bottles.

Brands itself as the “largest and most complete kit available” in their description. As with the other north mountain kit, this kit also comes with detailed instructions as well as a recipe book with over 100 wine recipes.

Includes:

Step by step instructions
Recipe book with over 100 recipes
6.5 Gallon fermenter + Lid
3 Gallon Carboy
Auto-siphon + clamp
5” Siphon hose
2 Airlocks
Straining bag
8 oz. Oxygen wash
50 Campden tablets
Pectin Enzyme
Stabilizer
5 yeast packs
Nutrients
Acid blend
Tannin
Energizer
Hydrometer
Wine thief/test jar combo
24” Stirring spoon
Corks+corker
Shrink caps
Bottle filter

#4 Homebrew Ohio 1 Gallon Wine Kit

Price: ~$50

Where to buy: amazon.com

Back to a low cost kit but this time it actually has everything you need except the fruit and bottles.

A very cheap kit that supplies you with the essentials needed to make some fine wine at home. It comes with ingredients and instructions as well as a recipe book.

This kit does not come with corks, corker or bottles.

This kit will provide you with 1 gallon of tasty homemade wine with your own choice of fruit!

Includes:

Easy instructions
Recipe book
Ingredient kit
2 Gallon plastic fermenter with lid
1-gallon jug
Tubing
15” Racking cane
Airlock
Straining bag
2 oz. oxygen wash
Campden tablets
Pectin enzyme
Potassium sorbate
Yeast
Yeast nutrient
Acid blend

#5 Home Brew Ohio Upgraded 1 Gallon Wine Kit

Price: ~$55

Where to buy: amazon.com

Identical to the other homebrew Ohio 1 gallon kit, except it comes with a mini auto-siphon that removes the need to manually siphon

It contains everything you need except corks and bottles, to make your own delicious wine!

Includes:

2 Gallon plastic fermenter with lid
1 Gallon jug
Mini auto-siphon
Airlock
Straining bag
2 oz. Oxygen wash
Campden tablets
Pectic enzyme
Potassium Sorbate
Yeast
Yeast Nutrient
Acid blend
Wine tannin

#6 Master Vintner Fresh Harvest 1 Gallon Wine Kit

Price: ~$50

Where to buy: amazon.com

Very similar to the homebrew Ohio kit, this Master Vintner kit will provide you with 1 gallon of homemade wine.

Advertised as a kit well suited for making fruit wines that aren’t grape wines. Fruit wines are generally faster to make than grape wine, giving you a tasty wine in less time compared to making grape wine.

All you need is to provide your own fruit, bottles, corks, and a corker. Everything else you need is included in this kit!

Includes:

Winemaker Recipe book
2 Gallon plastic fermenter with lid
1 Gallon jug
Airlock
Screwcap
Straining bag
Sanitizer
Campden tablets
Pectic enzyme
Acid blend
Grape tannin
Yeast nutrient
Dry yeast
Racking cane
Hydrometer

#7 Master Vintner Wine Making Equipment Starter Kit

Price: ~$145

Where to buy: amazon.com

A higher-quality wine kit in terms of the quality of the general equipment. The price is a bit higher compared to other kits we have reviewed, which seems to be because the general quality of the equipment is better than the cheaper versions and the quantity is bumped up to 6 gallons.

It doesn’t come with ingredients but is compatible with any wine ingredient kit.

It contains rather advanced equipment, with an auto siphoning racking cane, as well as a hydrometer and thermometer. It also contains some good cleaning utensils, in the form of brushes made to clean carboys and bottles thoroughly.

Includes:

6.5 Gallon Fermenter
Glass or Plastic carboy
Microfiber cleaning cloth
Clean bottle express degasser
Universal drilled bungs
2 Airlocks
Auto siphoning racking cane + tubing
Bottle filler & tubing
24” Stirring spoon
Carboy brush
Bottlebrush
Hand corker and #8 corks
Thermometer
Hydrometer + test jar and 3-piece thief
Sodium Metabisulfite
Cleaner+sanitizer

#8 Home Brew Ohio Premium Wine Making Equipment Kit

Price: ~$99

Where to buy: amazon.com

A homebrew Ohio kit with a bigger capacity and auto siphoning. This kit can make up to 6 gallons of wine per batch.

This kit comes with corks and corker, but no ingredients or bottles, which you have to acquire yourself.

A great kit for the price when aiming to make larger batches of wine.

Includes:

6 Gallon glass carboy
8 Gallon Fermenting bucket
Twin lever corker
Hydrometer
5” siphon hose
Bottle filler
30 Synthetic corks
Airlock
Thermometer
4 sanitizer packets
Auto-syphon

#9 Homebrew Ohio Grow and Make Deluxe Fruit Wine Making Kit

Price: ~$80

Where to buy: amazon.com

This is another larger type wine making kit, which can make up to 6 gallons of wine.

It comes with most ingredients needed, except fruit. Does not include bottles, corks, and a corker.

Suited for any type of fruit you wish.

Includes:

Hydrometer
2 Gallon bucket
1 Gallon carboy
Airlock
Red wine yeast
Sterilizer
Acid blend
Yeast nutrient
Tannin
Peptic enzyme
Campden tablets

#10 Strange Brew Winemaking Kit With 6 Gallon Glass Carboy

Price: ~$160

Where to buy: amazon.com

Another large gallon kit, which provides you with 6 gallons of tasty homemade wine. Advertised as a great starter kit for the beginner who wants big batches right away.

The price is higher due to the higher capacity as well as the amount of equipment that comes with it.

It does not come with ingredients and bottles but comes with corks and corker.

Includes:

7.8 Gallon Fermenter with lid
6 Gallon glass carboy with a rubber stopper
3-piece Airlock
Adhesive thermometer
Glass triple scale hydrometer
Auto-siphon with “5 of flexible tubing
Dual function bottle filler
8 packets of c-brite cleanser
30 Natural micro-agglomerated corks
Twin lever corker
24” Stirring spoon
Wine bottlebrush
Degassing rod

#11 Vintner’s Starter Winemaking Equipment Kit

Price: ~$120

Where to buy: amazon.com

A nice straight forward kit that supplies you with 6 gallons of wine after its finished. The seller underlines the necessity for secondary fermentation to allow the wine you make with this kit to clear properly.

This kit does not come with ingredients or bottles and corks. You will have to either combine it with an ingredient kit or buy ingredients separately yourself.

Includes:

7.8 Gallon plastic fermenter with lid
6 Gallon Better Bottle
Stopper
Airlock
Bottlebrush
Hydrometer
4 oz. of Easy clean no-rinse cleanser
Double lever corker
30 #8 X 1 ¾” Straight corks
Racking cane
5 Feet siphoning tube
Bottle filler
Shut-off clamp

#12 Master Vintner 1 Gallon Wine Making Equipment Starter Kit

Price: ~$85

Where to buy: amazon.com

Another great kit that includes both equipment and ingredients needed to make 1 gallon of wine.

The kit comes with a choice of recipe kit where you can pick either Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay or Pinot Noir.

The kit also works with any recipe kit you may have yourself or separate ingredients that you have gathered on your own.

It comes with instructions on recipes and the use of equipment for a beginner-friendly wine making process from start to finish.

Includes:

Choice of ingredient/recipe kit: Merlot, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir
Step-by-step instructions for an easy wine making process
Little Big Mouth Bubbler Glass Primary Fermenter
Stopper
Airlock
Fermagraf
1 Gallon Jug for secondary fermentation with cap, airlock
Herculometer + test jar and thief
Mini auto-siphoning & tubing
18” Plastic paddle
Corker + corks
Bottle filler + tubing
Microfiber cleaning cloth
Oxygen wash cleanser
Sodium Metabisulfite sanitizer

#13 Winemaking.net’s Wine Making Starter Equipment Kit

Price: ~$120

Where to buy: amazon.com

A kit that provides you with any type of wine you wish, as long as you have the ingredients yourself.

Makes 6 gallons of wine per batch and is compatible with any ingredient kit.

Contains corks and corker, but no bottles or ingredients which you have to acquire yourself.

Includes:

7.8 Gallon drilled primary fermenting bucket with drilled lid
6 Gallon glass carboy with rubber stopper
3-piece airlock
Adhesive thermometer
Glass triple scale hydrometer
True brew fast flow fill kit
8 packets of c-brite cleanser
30 Natural micro-agglomerated corks
Twin lever corker

What Is the Best Wine Making Kit to Buy?

Phew, that was quite the ride.

I have now gone over 13 different but all very solid wine making kits. Now the question is, which kit is best?

The answer to this entirely depends on what you are looking for. There are generally 2 types of winemakers, the complete beginner who has no knowledge about winemaking, and the ones that do some research before diving into it.

If you are a more well-read beginner winemaker, you may just want to make larger batches of wine right away, meaning you would probably pick one of the kits that yield 6 gallons of wine per batch.

Personally, I’d pick the Master Vintner 1 Gallon Wine Making Equipment Starter Kit. The reasoning for this is that I am a beginner winemaker, and this kit simply has the best content for the price.

The kit comes with all the equipment you need, except bottles, making it easy to make your first batch of wine.

For the price it has this kit seems to be the most value for money, and as a rational buyer, this is most likely the kit I’d go for.

5 Solid Wine Making Ingredient Kits

If you end up buying a wine making equipment kit that has no ingredient kit included you can make it easy and buy an ingredient kit to accompany your new wine making equipment kit!

Comparing Price, Type of Wine and Yield

Once again to give you an easy overview of the main properties of these wine kits, you can find a table below that shows the price, which type of wine the kit makes and how much wine it yields.

	Price	Wine Type	Yield
Vintner's Reserve Vieux Chateau Du Roi	~$85	Vieux Chateau Du Roi	6 Gallons
Master Vintner's Reserve Recipe Kit	~$90	Cabernet Sauvignon	6 Gallons
Winexpert's Eclipse Lodi Old Vine Zinfandel	~$175	Zinfandel	6 Gallons
Master Vintner's Tropical Bliss	~$70	Pinot Noir	6 Gallons
Vintner's Reserve Chardonnay	~$100	Chardonnay	2.6 Gallons

Below you will find some quick and easy reviews of these different wine ingredient kits.

Vintner’s Reserve Vieux Chateau Du Roi Wine Ingredient Kit

Price: ~$85

Where to buy: amazon.com

A recipe kit that contains enough ingredients to make 6 gallons of Vieux Château Du Roi.

This wine has a rounded and smooth flavor with hints of berries and with a flavor of ripe plum.

Advertised to take around 4 weeks to complete, but I’d recommend aging it in the bottle for a while longer.

Master Vintner Winemaker’s Reserve Wine Recipe Kit

Price: ~$90

Where to buy: amazon.com

Ingredient kit with top grapes from the world's best regions to give you a quality level homemade wine.

Made for making a delicious Cabernet Sauvignon. Creates up to 6 gallons of wine.

Has a taste of savory dark, dried fruit and with aromas of ripe plum and vanilla.

Kit includes:

10L Grape Juice

Fining Agents

Yeast

Oak or other flavorings

Master Vintner Winemaker’s Recipe book

Winexpert’s Eclipse Lodi Old Vine Zinfandel With Grape Skins Ingredient Kit

Price: ~$175

Where to buy: amazon.com

This kit is a more pricey kit, granted the quality of the wine it makes.

Using grape skins it creates a spicy french premium oak tasting wine with aromas of berries. It has a dry body full of oaky intensity.

Makes up to 6 gallons of quality Lodi Old Vine Zinfandel.

Master Vintner Tropical Bliss Wine Making Recipe Kit

Price: ~$70

Where to buy: amazon.com

This wine kit makes a delicious tropical Pinot Noir. It makes 6 gallons of delicious wine with fruity tastes and aromas.

It has a rather low alcohol percentage compared to normal wines, with an alcohol content of 7.5%.

Has a flavor of blackberry with a cherry/berry spice of Pinot giving it a juicy finish. Recommended to enjoy lightly chilled with either dark chocolates or cheeses.

The seller states that this wine doesn’t require any aging, and can be enjoyed right after making it.

Vintner’s Reserve Chardonnay Wine Making Kit

Price: ~$100

Where to buy: amazon.com

This kit provides you with 2.6 Gallons of tasty chardonnay with an oaky flavor. It has a bitter taste with a strong body.

Ready for bottling in 4 weeks, and can be aged up to personal preference, but recommended aging is at least a month.

My Choice of Wine Ingredient Kit

The choice of ingredient kit is obviously up to personal taste. Recently I really started enjoying wines that have a powerful fruit taste.

For this reason, I would probably choose a rather untraditional type of wine with a very fruity flavor. For this purpose, the best kit for me is the Master Vintner Tropical Bliss Winemaking Recipe Kit.

This kit is relatively cheap and can be used for many types of fruits, making it my own personal choice of ingredient kit.

Make sure to pick a wine ingredient kit that suits your own personal wine preference, or maybe go ahead and explore some types of wines you haven’t tried before.

There are many other wine ingredient kits than the ones I have gone over in this blog post.

You can check out amazon's variety of wine ingredient kits here!