We analysed the Amazon.co.uk subcategory Wine Making and kept only products with at least 200 reviews and 4.3 stars. Just seven listings clear that bar, so this is the complete set rather than a top ten, ranked by estimated monthly revenue — and two of them recorded no sales at all in the observed month.
The revenue leader by a wide margin: an ingredient kit that makes 30 bottles for £26.70, which is under 90p a bottle before you buy the bottles.
Check the price on AmazonThe revenue leader by a wide margin: an ingredient kit that makes 30 bottles for £26.70, which is under 90p a bottle before you buy the bottles.
Listed as a refill rather than a starter kit, so it assumes you already own the fermenting bin and airlock — same 30-bottle batch, near enough the same price.
The hardware side rather than the ingredients: a 25-litre equipment set for a 30-bottle batch, and at 4.6 stars the highest-rated entry on this page.
Not a kit at all but a consumable, and with 771 ratings the most reviewed listing here — ten straining bags for £6.89.
The cheapest entry at £5.69: a clearing treatment dosed for one 23-litre batch, bought again with every brew rather than once.
A tool for stirring dissolved gas out of a finished batch — it qualifies on 533 reviews alone, because no sales were recorded in the observed month.
The most expensive listing here at £170.10 — a complete beginner set with ingredients and equipment, shipped from the USA and with no sales recorded this month.
| Product | Score | Stars | Reviews | Feature | Material | Price | Offer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01. Wine Buddy Sauvignon Blanc 30-Bottle Kit Best seller WineBuddy · WineBuddy |
8.7 | 4.3 ★ | 364 | 30 bottles · 7 days | Grape concentrate | £26.70 | Amazon › |
| 02. Wine Buddy White Zinfandel 30-Bottle Refill WineBuddy · WineBuddy |
8.5 | 4.3 ★ | 208 | refill · 30 bottles | Grape concentrate | £26.85 | Amazon › |
| 03. Bigger Jugs BJ #5s 25 L Equipment Set Bigger Jugs · Bigger Jugs |
9.1 | 4.6 ★ | 309 | 25 L · equipment set | Plastic | £49.99 | Amazon › |
| 04. Bigger Jugs Muslin Straining Bags, 10-pack Top rated Bigger Jugs · Bigger Jugs |
9.2 | 4.5 ★ | 771 | 10-pack · straining | Muslin | £6.89 | Amazon › |
| 05. Young's Wine Finings, treats 23 litres Lowest price Young's Inc · Young's Inc |
9.0 | 4.5 ★ | 374 | finings · 23 L | Liquid finings | £5.69 | Amazon › |
| 06. Fermtech The Whip Wine Degasser Fermtech · Fermtech |
8.8 | 4.3 ★ | 533 | wine degasser | Plastic | £13.28 | Amazon › |
| 07. Craft A Brew Merlot Making Kit Top rated Craft A Brew · Craft A Brew |
9.2 | 4.5 ★ | 669 | merlot · beginner kit | Glass and plastic | £170.10 | Amazon › |
These are two different purchases wearing the same word. An ingredient kit is concentrate and yeast and assumes you own a fermenting bin, an airlock and a siphon; an equipment set is the hardware with nothing to ferment. Four of the seven listings here are ingredients or consumables, not gear.
A 23 to 25 litre batch is the standard here and comes out at about 30 bottles. That is 30 empty bottles, 30 corks and a corker you have to have ready on bottling day, none of which is in the box.
A seven-day kit is formulated to be drinkable quickly and says so on the label. Traditional kits ferment and then sit for weeks. The difference is time and patience rather than equipment, so pick the timescale you will actually keep to.
The White Zinfandel listing is a refill: ingredients for the next batch and nothing else. If it is your first brew, that word in the title is the one that decides whether you can start at the weekend.
Finings, yeast and straining bags are repeat purchases, and in this small subcategory they outsell most of the kits by units. Budget for them per batch, not once.
Two of the seven ship from US sellers, carry bestseller ranks in the millions and recorded no sales in the observed month. They pass the review filter but are not moving, which usually means long delivery times or thin stock.
Because seven is all there is. The wine making branch on Amazon.co.uk splits into kits and wine racks, and the racks have their own page here — so this one covers the kit, ingredient and tool side only. Of those listings, exactly seven reach 200 reviews and 4.3 stars, and we show all seven rather than padding the page out.
For an ingredient kit: a fermenting bin or demijohn, an airlock, a siphon, steriliser, 30 bottles, corks and a corker. Only the equipment set at rank 3 covers the hardware, and it does not include anything to ferment.
Both ship from US sellers and sit at bestseller ranks past 1.5 million, so no sales were estimated for them in the observed month. They qualify on review count and rating, which is why they appear — at the bottom, where the revenue puts them.
The products are ordered by estimated monthly revenue per ASIN, not by star rating and not by bestseller rank. Only products with at least 200 reviews and an average of 4.3 stars were included, and in this subcategory that leaves seven listings in total.
The score is not our own hands-on test. It is calculated transparently from public Amazon data: 75% from the average star rating and 25% from the number of reviews, weighted logarithmically. The ranking order itself comes from estimated monthly revenue per ASIN. Prices, ratings and review counts were retrieved from Amazon.co.uk on 22 July 2026 and can change at any time.
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