Symphony (Selection Original)

The "Symphony" wine from Winexpert was one of the first wines I made from a wine kit. It remains one of my favorites. A dry, medium-bodied wine, it exhibits several fruity overtones, including grapefruit, melon, mango, and papaya. Made with Grenache Gris grapes, it pairs well with spicy foods, such as Szechuan and Mexican foods, or it may be enjoyed by itself or with fruit on a warm, summer evening.

Like the other wine kits from Winexpert, the process involved in making this excellent wine is simple and straightforward. The wine kit comes with explicit directions, which, if you follow them, you simply can't go wrong. Three or four hours of your time is all you'll need over the six-week period between the initial mixing to the bottling. Being a white wine, it will be ready to drink in two or three months after bottling, although it continues to develop with age for at least a year.

The wine kit produces approximately 30 750ML bottles of wine. As a moderately-priced kit, the cost per bottle is less than four dollars. The quality of the final product is equal to that of a wine that would ordinarily cost four times that amount.