Similar to your situation, I already had beer making equipment but want to have some smaller batch sizes starting out in wine, I bought two of these kits, happy with what I got for the price. As for the recipe handbook, you can find a lot of those recipes adapted on Jack Keller's website from...
Done a couple 5 gal beer kits so far but this is my first time for wine, so bear with me.
I started a 1 gallon batch of blackberry wine according to this recipe
4 lb. blackberries (fresh)
2-1/4 lb. granulated sugar
1/2 tsp. pectic enzyme
1/2 tsp. acid blend
crushed Campden tablet
7...