SG Wines Gold 6 Bottle Wine Making Starter Kit – Wine Kit, PET Demijohn, Hydrometer & Corks

The SG Wines Gold 6 Bottle Wine Making Starter Kit is everything a beginner needs to make 6 bottles of quality wine at home, in one order: an SG Wines Gold 7 day wine kit of your choice, a shatterproof 5 litre PET demijohn, a hydrometer and thermometer to check how it's going, a syphon for bottling and 6 corks to seal your bottles. Choose it with brewing sugar and all you need to add is the bottles.

What's in the box

• 1 × SG Wines Gold 6 bottle 7 day wine kit of your choice (grape juice concentrate, yeast, nutrient, finings and stabiliser)
• 1 × 5 litre PET demijohn with screw cap and grommet – light, shatterproof and easy to clean
• 1 × bubbler airlock
• 1 × wine and beer hydrometer in a clear tube that doubles as a trial jar
• 1 × stick-on thermometer for the demijohn
• 1 × complete simple syphon (small) for moving the wine off its sediment and filling your bottles
• 6 × plastic-topped corks that push into standard wine bottles by hand – no corker needed
• 1 × Brewco No Rinse Sanitiser 100g – clean and sanitise in one step, no rinsing

With brewing sugar adds a 1kg bag of Brewco brewing sugar (dextrose), more than enough for the kit. Without sugar, you'll need to add your own.

Choose your wine

• Cabernet Sauvignon
• Merlot
• Shiraz
• Chardonnay
• Pinot Grigio
• Sauvignon Blanc
• Piesporter
• Zinfandel Rose

Why this kit

• SG Wines Gold – the step up from Classic, with richer, fuller-flavoured wines
• A PET demijohn shaped like a big bottle: you can watch the wine ferment and clear, and it won't break if knocked
• A hydrometer and thermometer included, so you know when fermentation has finished and that it's at the right temperature
• Corks included and no corker needed – just bottles to add
• Brewco No Rinse Sanitiser instead of a rinse-off steriliser, so there's less to do
• Reusable equipment – buy another 6 bottle kit for your next batch

How to make it

Sanitise everything, pour the concentrate into the demijohn, dissolve the sugar and top up with water to the kit's volume. Take a hydrometer reading, add the yeast, fit the cap and airlock and stick on the thermometer, then ferment at about 20–25°C. When the hydrometer shows it's finished, stabilise, clear and syphon into bottles – it's ready to drink in about 7 days. Download the step-by-step guide (PDF) for every step, with troubleshooting. Always follow the kit's own instructions for exact quantities and times.

You'll also need

• Bottles – 6 × 75cl cork-finish wine bottles: green or clear 75cl wine bottles (box of 12)
• Sugar, if you choose the kit without it (670g of brewing sugar (dextrose) or 600g of granulated sugar) – Brewco brewing sugar (dextrose)

Make it even better

• Easy Syphon with throttle tap (Small) – auto-start syphon with flow control
• 5 litre fermentation vessel – a second vessel to rack the wine into for extra-clear results
• Personalised wine labels – turn your bottles into gifts
• Bordeaux shrink caps – a professional finish over the cork

A great first wine kit and an ideal gift for anyone who wants to start making wine. Prefer two fermenting buckets? See the SG Wines Classic and Country 6 Bottle Starter Kit. See all our wine making starter kits, and when it's time for your next batch, browse our SG Wines kits.