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Kits & Supplies

The stuff we'd
actually buy again

We don't sell anything from this site. We just point at the kits, supplies, gifts, and labels that worked for us — and link out to whoever's selling them. Buy from Amazon, Northern Brewer, MoreWine, Etsy. Up to you.

75 picks · 12 categories · 0 things we wouldn't buy ourselves.

A polaroid-style flat-lay of a wine kit box, a carboy of fermenting red wine, and a pile of French oak cubes
An organized flat-lay of home winemaking supplies on a wooden workbench: glass carboy, fermenter bucket, auto-siphon, tubing, airlocks, thermometer strip, heating belt, hydrometer, spoon, brushes, sanitizer, cleaner, bottle tree, and floor corker
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12 categories · 75 picks. Each shelf has its own page with our notes, photos, and where to buy.

Wine Kits & Juice

The actual wine — concentrate kits, fresh juice pails, the works.

Browse Wine Kits & Juice8 picks

Fermentation

Buckets, carboys, airlocks — the gear your wine actually lives in.

Browse Fermentation11 picks

Transfer & Racking

Moving wine without making a mess of it (or your kitchen floor).

Browse Transfer & Racking6 picks

Testing & Measurement

Hydrometers, refractometers, pH meters — the honest instruments.

Browse Testing & Measurement6 picks

Cleaning & Sanitation

The boring half of the hobby. Also the half that saves your batch.

Browse Cleaning & Sanitation9 picks

Bottling Day

Bottles, corks, corkers, the bottle tree — and a roll of blue painters tape.

Browse Bottling Day7 picks

Yeast & Additives

Yeast strains, nutrients, sulfites, fining agents — the chemistry shelf.

Browse Yeast & Additives6 picks

Oak

Chips, cubes, spirals, staves — the difference between fine and forgettable.

Browse Oak4 picks

Tools & Misc

Spoons, scales, funnels, gloves — the small stuff that makes everything easier.

Browse Tools & Misc5 picks

Gifts for the Wine Lover

What to wrap for the friend who'd rather drink it than make it.

Browse Gifts for the Wine Lover3 picks

Gifts for the Home Winemaker

For the friend with a carboy in the basement and stained fingers in October.

Browse Gifts for the Home Winemaker3 picks

Wine Labels & Gifting Your Own Wine

Label your batch, dress the bottle, hand it over. Weddings, holidays, housewarmings, party favors.

Browse Wine Labels & Gifting Your Own Wine7 picks
Why we don't sell direct

We're winemakers, not a store.

Russ has been making wine in his basement for forty years. Todd jumped in a few years ago. We started this site because friends kept asking us what to buy — and we kept writing the same email.

So this is the email, made public. Every link goes to whoever's actually selling the product. We don't take a cut, we don't get freebies, and we won't recommend anything we wouldn't pour for ourselves on a Tuesday.