Wine Ingredients

These are the additives and testing tools that shape a wine kit into a finished, stable wine, covering acid balance, tannin structure, clarification, and preservation.

Getting the Balance Right

Citric, malic, and tartaric acid let you adjust a wine's acidity to suit the style, while tannin and pectinase help with structure and clarity during fermentation. Campden tablets and potassium sorbate stabilise the finished wine before bottling, so it holds its condition once it's corked and sealed. A wine thief lets you pull a sample to check progress without disturbing the batch.