Three Gallons Of Heaven
January 10th, 2007 | 
Author: A day mixed with delight and disappointment. First, the disappointment: I wish I had made more!
The delight? Ahh… three gallons of blackcurrant wine that I started November 2005. The last time I racked it (I don’t recall when now), there was still some haze in the wine so I figured today would be as good a day as any to rack it off any sediments on the bottom.
Once again, it had been so long since I paid attention to the wine that it was with a bit of trepidation that I put the one end of they syphon to my mouth and sucked. What would I be tasting? I shouldn’t have worried about anything foul; rather worried about how lovely this would taste, my tastebuds begging for more!
I took another sip, delighted with the sensations across my tastebuds. There is just something wonderful, sensual, about blackcurrant wine. Little sips are enough to liven the pallate. Yes, it’s not a dry wine – but if Jesus really did make water into wine, it must have been blackcurrant wine.
I now am going to find me a parcel of land where I can plant blackcurrants. Enough blackcurrants that I may make gallons and gallons of this.
That might take awhile, so in the meantime, I’m heading back to Andrew’s Scenic Acres and will be crossing my fingers that they have lots of frozen blackcurrants still in stock.
If you want to make a wonderful wine, I’d suggest that you find yourself some blackcurrants as well, and try this recipe. I think you’ll agree that you’ll have made a few gallons of heaven as well.
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Aaaaaaah! I do not need another activity sucking down more of my time … but you’re making this sound like so much science-foody fun, I don’t think I’ll be able to resist!
Oh, why pretend … I’m doomed. I’m sitting here thinking that I can check in the basement tomorrow to see what wine-making supplies MAL has on hand. I’ve been wanting cranberry wine for some time now.
ROTFLMAO, Sunni!
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