wine kits vs home made vs commercial

[winer]

Thanks, foodie. I saw your post on the "Rants and Raves" board. I've copied my original question below. If my understanding is correct, you started off making "home made" wine, and evolved into a commercial winemaker. I would be very interested in your comments on the relative merits of wine from kits and homemade wine.

Incidently, as a newby to the idea of making your own wine, I would be interested in why you think the U-Brew wines are all low quality stuff. Here in Vancouver BC, we have two manufacturers of kits, Brew King and RJSpagnol, both of which sell their products to the U-Brew stores. Both (if you believe their advertising) offer some very high quality kits.