Home Winemaking Recipes

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 Crush the berries in food grade pail. Dissolve sugar in 1 gallon boiling water and…

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, I had to do a bit of research and experiment. A couple of recipes I…

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 teenager, I worked on a farm which had loads of gooseberry bushes growing, and one…

“…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 with stews and other dishes – they were a vegetable he ate a lot of…

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 dinner with friends Although I don’t like cooking on a daily basis, I do enjoy…