DIY Wine Saves Big ($3700 a year)

Last week I ran the numbers and determined we were saving $500 a year

by roasting our own coffee. This sounds pretty good, but check out how

much we save by purchasing wine kits instead of store bought wine.

 

We purchase 7 wine kits a year which produce about 210 bottles of

wine. The average bottle of wine from the kit costs $2.30 and tastes

as good as if not better than a store bought $20 bottle of wine.

 

We spend $500 a year producing our own wine from kits. If we were to

buy the equivalent quality wine in bottles it would cost us $4,200 a

year. That is a saving of $3,700 per year!

 

Even when I account for the time it takes to clean bottles and ferment

each batch (35 hours a year) we are still paying ourselves $105 an hour.

 

If you are interested in a kit to get started with we have had good

experiences with Vintners Reserve.

Done