Home Made Wine Recipes

What can i say ,proper australian red wine for less than 50p a bottle. Hubby and i are quite new to winemaking and had a lot of success with white wine kits but had yet to make a red with the depth and body of a shop bought red,they all turned out more like rose than red,palatable but hubby likes proper red!. We bought a Bel Vino Australian red kit online from www.easybrew.co.uk for £12.50 it was a kit that makes 30 bottles and contains all the ingredients except sugar. These kits contain a mixture of dried fruit and oak chips you basically put it in a barrel with water add some chemicals after a week you strain it add some more ...

I honestly do not understand the obsession with grape wine, and perhaps once you've tried elderberry, you will agree with me. Elderberry trees grow wild in this country, and you cannot buy the fruit. I'll start by talkign about how to harvest, then go on to preparation and a basic recepie. Elderberrys are qite distinctive - at their tallest the trees tend to be about 12-15 feet. They have green leaves shaped a bit like arrowheads, these leaves are paired down a thin branch (A bit like ash or rowan leaves.) The berries grow in large clusters, and when ripe are purpley black. When underripe they will be red or green. It's best to pick really ...

This simple recipe makes 5 litres of light white wine. What you need: -------------- 3kg dessert apples 2kg cooking apples Campden tablets x 2 (Wilikinsons sell these) Pectin enzyme 15g (Wilkinsons) White sugar 1.25 kg Wine yeast Water Glass demijohn Bottles (or second demijohn and bung) Corks Muslin cloth Grater, liquidiser or mincer Syphon tube (Wilkinsons) Sterilizing powder for all equipment How to do it: ------------- CAUTION: All utensils must be sterilized before use. If you don't do this your wine will probably spoil and you won't be able to ...