Ingredients for one gallon of wine:

• 2 1/2 pounds of blueberries (fresh or frozen) Use more for a heavier body
  wine.
• 4 1/2 cups of sugar
• 1 teaspoon Yeast Nutrient
• 1 1/2 teaspoons acid blend
• 1 teaspoon pectic enzyme
• 1… Continue reading →

Yield – Five Gallons

Basic Dry Honey Mead

First, prepare a yeast starter: 1 1/2 cups of orange juice at room temperature 3 teaspoons yeast nutrient 1 Packet Lalvin EC-1118 yeast

Mix the juice and yeast nutrient – the… Continue reading →

This is an adaptation from a recipe found at Roxanne’s Kitchen.

Please note that I used ingredients for 2 gallons of wine as I want to end up
with 1 gallon of dry and 1 gallon of sweet wine.… Continue reading →

First, to those who are not familiar with the term "melomel": A melomel is a fruit mead, made with honey similar to mead, but with the addition of fruit for a taste that is something different than mead.… Continue reading →

When I was younger, my grandfather had red and black currant bushes. He would get so many currants, that not only was there enough for preserves and jams to last until the following year, there were always quarts and quarts… Continue reading →

A few years ago, I was walking past a used book store in town, and in the window was a copy of Step By Step Guide to Making Home Made Wine
by Judith Irwin. The cost of the 156 page… Continue reading →

A recipe I am using to make 2 gallons of blackberry wine:

8 lbs. frozen blackberries

16 cups sugar (enough to bring specif gravity to 1.092)

2 teaspoon yeast nutrient

2 teaspoon acid blend

2 teaspoon pectin enzyme

DV10 Yeast… Continue reading →

In some folklore, it is said that when a couple were married, they were sent away together for a month along with copious amounts of mead – a fermented beverage made with honey. From that, we have the word "honeymoon"… Continue reading →

I’ve tasted some excellent homemade black currant wines, but that was before I began my hobby of home winemaking. Unfortunately, I’m no longer in touch with the black currant home winemaker so after purchasing about 8lbs. of frozen black currants,… Continue reading →

Many might remember the song by Dolly Parton with the lyrics:

“He lived by the apple orchard in this little orchard shack
His real name was Jackson Taylor but I called him Apple Jack”

Well, Applejack is actually a melomel… Continue reading →

Goosberries have always been a favorite fruit of mine – my parents had gooseberry bushes in the backyard when I was young, and I used to love picking them and eating them right from the vine.

When I was a… Continue reading →

“…held it beneath his nose, and looked once again at the label before taking a timid sip… “I think I’m in love.”"
~ Making Wild Wines & Meads

I love parsnips. My father used to buy them and cook them… Continue reading →

Not all fermented products are made for sipping and leisurely enjoying over dinner or beside a fireplace in the company of good friends. Some fermented products make excellent cooking ingredients, so that the Chateau-Neuf-de-Pape is even more enjoyable while eating… Continue reading →