The Complete Wine Taste & Aroma Kit

The foam that the bottles are set in are of poor quality and the bottles fall out. In addition when you open the box the foam on the top falls out. I expected higher quality coasters as well as more detailed information in the instructions.

Excellent tool to begin training my staff's pallate to recognize the finer details of wine and increase their general knowlege to boost wine sales.

Returning product due to being a gift for my father...but he couldn't smell the different smells...he is a smoker but I also felt you couldn't smell the senses it was supposed to teach you very well. Thanks!

The kit is great, but we didn't get a couple of the smell vials because they doubled up some. We received two sets of the same aroma, and have not gotten our replacements for the missing ones. Otherwise the kit is wonderful.

Bought as gift for wife (emerging oenophile); excited to receive. Mixed satisfaction with aromas. Have used handful of times and enjoyed trying to identify smells. Some very distinct, others almost too subtle to smell and/or do not match label. Hinges/small screws have pulled out of box top after a few uses. Overall, like the set, but not necessarily worth the price. Would have been better served working with local wineseller to find similar set.

I purchased this as a gift for my husband. While I agree with the comments about the box being poorly constructed, personally, I didn't buy it for the box. I bought it for the contents. This is what is disappointing. Several of the scent bottles from the first kit (yep, they sent a replacement) smelled like glue. There was no scent. Also, an essence bottle was shattered, and clearly was empty. The second box is not quite as bad, however an essence bottle was open a bit and leaking - and there still appear to be a few scents that are non-existent. I haven't gone through them all yet because I'm just too annoyed right now. Considering the fact that this is a taste AND aroma kit, it doesn't live up to its description. I am very disappointed in the quality. Unless, of course, glue is a wine scent. I'd like to note also that the kit I received today has a production date of 1/31/08 on the box. So it's almost one year old already. Not sure how I'll move forward with this.

Ok, the box needs help, so I got over it. The essences are great, the literature is great. It is a BIG hit at our wine tastings! I'm in charge of a group of 200 and we're having the best time trying to figure out how the writers of the wine descriptions come up with some of the flavors. I'll wear this one out and buy it again. I also have the [$]French Wine kit.

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Love the product. Gave it to my husband and it loves to show it off to everyone and make them smell the different scents. We loved the wooden box that it comes in and it looks grean on our home bar.Be very careful when opening. [...]

The contents of the item were fine. The cheap wooden box it came in needs a lot of work. This was gift to me from my wife. I opened it up and the lid became detached from the main body of the box. Very disappointed! Obviously this box was not made to last a long time. You would think from the cost of this item, someone would do some quality controls. I sent it back and asked for a refund. I wouldn't recommend this item until the box is constructed properly.

ITEM DID NOT LIVE UP TO ITS POTENTIAL

I think that the concept is excellent and the packaging is perfect.However, I found the aromas to be very weak. This may be on purpose so as to help me learn to pickup aromas that are subtle but as a teaching tool I would think that it would be easier to learn an aroma if you could get a decent snout full. Once you know the aroma you could back the vial away from your nose to gain the ability to pick up subtle aromas.To be fair I may have received an older batch of aromas. [...]

I was excited to get it and this is fun to use but I am not sure if the makers of this actually tried to use it themselves. If so they would have seen when you open it the top often salms down on your hands as it is top heavy. When it falls the little bottels come falling out. Not Good! And it was not cheap so I would think that the design should have been better.

top of box should lean back a ittle more

Looks appealing, nice box, that's about it. Several of the vials can hardly be smelled and for the money, I have seen much better. I will not recommend this product to anyone. A regretable expense.