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Gift Bundle Shopping List: For a New Winemaker

What you actually buy a friend who said 'that sounds fun.' Enough to make wine, not so much it scares them off.

Six thoughtful items in a box you'd actually wrap. Russ has gifted this exact stack three times — all three friends made wine.

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A printed Backup Wine gift shopping list on a wooden workbench arranged like a holiday present beside a clear PET Fermonster fermenter, auto-siphon, Star San bottle, hydrometer, stirring spoon, and a wine kit wrapped in kraft paper with twine

What's on the list

Grouped by store aisle so you walk the shop in order — in and out without backtracking.

Fermentation

  • Fermonster PET carboy
  • Airlocks + stoppers

Transfer

  • Auto-siphon + tubing
  • Stirring spoon

Sanitation

  • Star San (small bottle)

Testing

  • Hydrometer + test jar

Wine

  • Starter wine kit (their varietal)

Who it's for

  • Gift-givers shopping for a curious friend
  • Anyone who's tried to share the hobby and watched the friend bail at item #20
  • Holiday shoppers who want to wrap one box, not seven

Why you'll love it

Fits in a box you'd wrap

PET fermenter is light, unbreakable, and small enough to look gift-y.

Pick a kit they actually drink

Don't gift a Cab to a Sauvignon Blanc person.

Leaves room to grow

No bottling supplies — they reuse beer bottles for batch one and graduate later.

Free download

Print it. Fold it. Take it to the shop.

We email you the PDF so you have it on every device — phone in the car, printer at home.

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