Lana: I love trying to make tgihns myself, they generally taste better than shop bought.Liz: I'm not sure why. Obviously everybody likes their kir at different strengths and traditionally I think you put a third creme de cassis to two thirds wine/champagne but to me that seems too sweet.But I have noticed that I get terrible headaches, maybe from mixing liqueur and wine, if I have too strong a kir.