Vintner's Harvest Fruit Wine Bases are fresh fruit in their own juices with nothing else added. No sugars and no sulfites. With a wide selection of delicious fruits to choose from, the Vintner's Harvest line of wine bases is sure to please the most discriminating home winemaker. Because of the delicate nature of apple, our Apple Fruit Wine Base is unique. It contains no fruit pieces which would brown and soften in the can. Instead, a delicious blend of apples are selected, pressed and de-acidified prior to the concentration process. Once concentrated, a blend of acids is reintroduced specifically for the end purpose of fermentation. Our Apple Fruit Wine Base is therefore more than your average apple concentrate. Because the winemaker can choose to make different volumes of apple wine, it is still necessary to add acids by following the recipe directions on the can.

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3/5/2012 -- Do I have to buy the ingredients necessary to make the wine seperate from the wine base kit?

Response From Homebrew Heaven: Yes. Other ingredients required are: acid blend, yeast nutrient, pectic enzyme, campden tablets or bisulfite, potassium sorbate and wine yeast.
If you are after an "all-in-one" fruit wine kit, we have those too. See link below.

5/17/2010 -- what is your phone number?

Response From Homebrew Heaven: We can be reached at (425) 355-8865

Our toll free order is (800) 850-2739

1/26/2008 -- I live about an hour (if traffic is good) from the address on your website. Do you have an actual store or is everything here based solely online?

Response From Homebrew Heaven: Yes, we have an actual brick-and-mortar store in Everett, WA. People actually walk in and buy stuff!

Our address is:

Homebrew Heaven
9109 Evergreen Way
Everett, WA 98204

Here is a video of our shop:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1a5fKvv8XI

Heck, you can actually call us on the phone, too! It's 425-355-8865. A person will . . .

3/22/2005 -- I'm using Blackcurrants as a fruit base,and having just read the recipe in the Q&A's section and was curious to hear suggestions on the juice concentrations and nutrient type as I was intending to make a heavy one.

Response From Homebrew Heaven: We don't sell a blaccurrant fruit base.

1/31/2005 -- I want to make my wife a batch of cider. The recipe I have calls for a can of cider concentrate. It doesn't say how big a package. The closest thing I saw on your site was the apple fruit base. Would that work and should I use it all for 5 gallons of cider? If it won't work, where can I find it?

Response From Homebrew Heaven: For a long time, there was a hard cider making concentrate available, but it is no longer. We have been trying to find a substitute but so far we haven't.

The apple fruit wine base may well work. It has a fair amount of pulp, of course, and would neeed to be strained out. I confess I haven't tried it (yet).

10/10/2004 -- A friend of mine is into making wine at home in his spare time. I asked him what it would take to make me some fruity wines, perhaps a blueberry or blackberry wine. He said I would need a fruit puree enough to make 5 gallons. My main question is this, would I be better off to purchase the Oregan fruit puree or the wine fruit base of my . . .

Response From Homebrew Heaven: I would go with the fruit wine bases. They are larger than the cans of puree, and are made for wine. A recipe is on each can.

Shipping time depends on where you live(?)...typically, ground shipment takes 5-7 business days if you are east of the Mississippi, and less if you are closer to us. We are located in Everett, WA.

We accept VISA . . .

8/2/2004 -- i was looking for a plum fruit base & came across your complete package for wine making for fruit bases. does it come with instructions on how much of each ingredient is needed & would i then be able to buy that & then 3 cans of fruit base to make 15 gallons of wine? how much sugar is needed?

Response From Homebrew Heaven: The fruit bases come with a recipe (instructions) on each can. Recipes (5 gallons)typically call for:
one can of fruit base
6 cans of water (4.5 gallons)
11 lbs of table sugar
7 tsp Acid Belnd
3 tsp Yeast Nutrient
3 tsp Pectic Enzyme
1 tsp Tannin
5 tsp bisufite solution (potassium bisufite mixed with water)
1 pckg wine yeast
2.5 . . .

10/31/2003 -- Instead of ordering your peach wine base, would a large can of peaches from the grocery store work just as well?

Response From Homebrew Heaven: Probably not. Most have been sweetened AND treated with preservatives that would prevent it from fermenting properly.

10/18/2003 -- If I wanted to make a cyser, and used your Nectar of the gods mead making kit, how much Apple Fruit Wine Base would I need? If I don't need the full 9.5 lbs., could I divide it between batches?

Response From Homebrew Heaven: I would use about half of it. You could use the whole can, but you can expect your cyser to be very strong, and sweet if you do. If you divide the fruit base, be sure to seal up and refrigerate the unused portion.

7/28/2003 -- Even though you say one unit of fruit base will make 5 Gal. if I use one and a half or two units will I get a richer flavor and a fuller body wine?

Response From Homebrew Heaven: Yes, absolutely! Just be sure to cut down on the sugar a bit. Shoot for a 1.090 (or so) specific gravity.

6/23/2003 -- Is one unit of base enough to make 5 gallons of wine? What is the cost of shipping?

Response From Homebrew Heaven: Yes; along with sugar, yeast etc. For a really FULL flavored wine, we recommend using two cans.

The cost of shipping depends on where you live (not available to me) and how you want it shipped. You can determine the shipping cost, however, by adding the item to your online shopping cart, and then clicking on "Determine Shipping and Sales . . .

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