First, you are really wrong when you buttume that Island Mist makes standard kits. They are not. They make low alcohol (6-7%) fruit flavored wines that I call picnic wines. They are very nice on warm days when you want to drink more volume. They are not traditional wines. Some wine purists do not like them. People who do not like wine, tend to love them. I have made several of the Island Mist kits and keep some on hand for certain guests and I am not above enjoying some myself. Hope you are not disappointed if you are expecting a standard white.
Also, for grapes and some other fruit, color comes mainly from the skin. Some red wine grapes can be used to make white wine. Other grapes and fruit will get some of their color from the juice with no skin contact and will produce blush wines from just the juice.
If you want to make a real white wine you might try a Riesling or Gewürztraminer kit. Some of them are quite good. Or if you want to go on the cheap, try making white wine from Welch's frozen Niagara Concentrate. It comes out better than you would think.
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