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Wine Making Kits - Merlot Grapes Wine making kits from Hambleton Bard - most are made using Italian high quality grape concentrates. Our supplies of grapes come from the northern regions where the cooler climate produces high quality winemaking grapes of all the international types like Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Riesling etc as well as Italian specialities like Nebbiolo (used for the famous Barolo wines) and Sangiovese. |
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Merlot is one of the classic grapes widely grown in the Bordeaux region of France and in many other countries. Our Merlot comes from the Italian Veneto region. TThis vine was introduced in Italy near Udine at the end of the 19th century by the count Savorgnan of Brazza and it obtained a great success. One of the first bottles of Italian Merlot was launched at the Cividale exposition in 1896 where it won the gold medal. In Italy today this grape is vinified in Piemonte, Lombardia, Emilia and Toscana as well but it reaches its highest quality levels in Veneto on the Colli Berici, in Friuli and in Trentino Alto Adige where the wines obtained the DOC denomination. These areas have very different characteristics which is reflected in the wines; The Merlot from the Berici Hills is slightly more alcoholic, more full bodied and acid. The Merlot Friulano and the Trentino have more delicate and refined flavours. |
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A Merlot in general is somewhat softer in flavour and acid than the Cabernet Sauvignon grape, Merlot is often blended with Cabernet in order to round out the wine and hasten maturation. The grape has many alias names such as Médoc Noir, Petit Merle, Vitraille, Crabutet Noir and Bigney.
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Hambleton Bard manufactures homebrew wine making kits, beer kits, high alcohol kits and turbo yeast. We have specialized in homebrew supplies of high quality and we are always in the front end of the brewing technology. We produce all sorts of homebrew kits: superfast , very high alcohol, super quality ones and extreme turbo yeast types. Contact us for beer kits and beer making kegs, CO2 systems for homebrew and a complete home winemaking range. Have a look at our news section for the latest, come back often - we introduce new homebrew products all the time. Check out our tips section for brewing advice.
We also provide a large section with tips for home distilling, check out both our tips pages on this website, and the facts pages. If you want to know more about how to make moonshine alcohol, wash fermentation, construct a still - you name it - there are supplies of information for you.
