Home Made Wine Recipes Reviews

I'm so glad I found the category for home wine making! My Great Aunt in America makes the most wonderful home wines which come in all different varieties of flavours. She has apparently been making it since she was a girl in the deep south of America. I have never attempted making home wine and the recipe I will be reviewing is my Great Aunt's as ...  Read the complete review

A few weeks ago I had a week off work. After 2 days I was thoroughly bored so decided to try making my own wine. It's something I've been wanting to try for ages, but everyday life always got in the way! I'm so glad I tried it though, the results were fab! Ingredients - 3kg Apples - 1kg Sugar - 250 ml grape ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

Dandelions are considered to be weeds, but the brightness of their colour always makes me want to make use of these weeds to my advantage. You do not have to go very far and sooner or later you are bound to come across a golden patch of dandelions. Gather your dandelions and place them in your creel or other suitable basket and ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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) ...  Read the complete review