Make-Your-Own Wine Shops

I often get asked about those make-your-own wine shops and if they’re any good. You know the ones I mean. You pick the style or varietal you want made and have some minimal input into helping produce it, but the majority of the work is done by the store staff. It generally works out to be substantially less inexpensive compared to buying commercial wines and you can put your own customized labels on the bottles. Most of these places utilize concentrated juice from various wine regions of the world. So what of the quality of the finished wines? I have yet to find any that are really good as it’s hard to make great wine from concentrate. However, the experience and overall cost of creating a wine can be rewarding and fun.