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 ...  Read the complete review

My boyfriends dad has been making his own wine for ages and he has bottles dated back from 1990 up in his attic. Whenever we go out for an indian and we can take our own wine,or when we have a takeaway, we always manage to 'borrow' a bottle of his wine as its free and usually tastes gorgeous. I kept pestering my boyfriend last summer to allow him for us to make our own and go and pick our own fruit, and let his dad help us with it. Finally he agreed, so out we went to find the fruit. We made three different types of wine, peach, blackberry and plum. We bought the peaches but picked our own plums and blackberries, so obviosly the peach wine worked out more ...  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 concentrate - 1 tsp pectolase - Tannin - 1 tsp acid blend or citric acid - Yeast - 1 campden tablet - Potassium Sorbate - 2 Demi Johns (I got mine from the local market, pretty reasonable price) Although the list does look long and full of odd ingredients, I had little trouble finding everything. ...  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 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 ...  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) 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 ...  Read the complete review