California Chardonnay

Review by Dan on 9/28/2024

Follow the directions and one year later you will have gold. Absolutely great. Dry but sweet and light. Excellent

Cloudy

Review by Paul on 5/6/2024

I have made several successful wine kits but this Chardonnay never clarified. Sorbate too early possibly but gravity was .996 and appeared to be finished. Disappointing but Im turning into Brandy. When you have lemons……. William's Brewing Responds: Always wait 3 months in the secondary before bottling. It should clear by gravity if left in the secondary for 3 months.

Hydrate yeast

Review by David Shively on 8/10/2022

I've made wine with this kit several times without hydrating the yeast first. My friend commented that the wine didn't have much "mouth". My last batch I decided to hydrate the yeast and the outcome was a much improved in the mouth presence. Very fruity.

Chardonnay kit

Review by Louis on 7/31/2013

I've made this wine twice. The first batch I poured down the drain. The second is headed the same direction. I've been a very successful home brewer for nearly 20 years but have had almost no luck with the wine kits from Williams. I've tried 6 or 7. I wanted to enhance the oak in the first 3 kits and that did not end well, so that's my fault. The next 3 or 4 however, did not even come close to 2 buck Chuck in drinkability. I like Williams and buy nearly all my brewing supplies from them, but their wine kits don't work for me. I'm sure Williams means well by offering a low priced kit, but if you know anything about winemaking you need to know what you're starting out with. With these kits you're totally clueless, and that won't produce good wine.

Even the French Like It

Review by Brian on 3/8/2013

We served this to our parish priest who is French, and he really liked it. He took a few bottles home and spread to word to other wine-loving members of our congregation, who also got some bottles. The only downside to gaining fans is that I'm losing wine! This wine is best if you can keep yourself from drinking it all right away. A year on, it has really matured well.