Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wine: Cherry Cider
Karen Apple and cherry flavors go well together and my paternal grandmother, Helen S. Wright included both in a list of ingredients for cherry cider in her 1909 book, Old Time…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Burgundy Champagne
The name Burgundy champagne is a absurdity as most wine drinkers know because champagne can only be made in the French region of Champagne. My paternal grandmother, Helen S. Wright,…
Old Time Recipes For Home Made Wine: Imitation of Cypress Wine
In the book, Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines, my paternal grandmother, Helen S Wright, presented a wine made from white elderberries called imitation of cypress wine. Elderberry wine…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Cider Champagne
Meriam-Webster dictionary does not give a definition of cider champagne, but says that, champagne cider is “a sparkling cider that is matured in vats and then fermented in bottles to…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Raspberry Wine
If you have never had raspberry wine, you are in for a treat. Wine maker Terry A. Garey, in her book, The Joy of Home Wine Making, says of raspberry…
Old Time Recipes For Home Made Wines: Currant Shrub
The word “shrub” is from the Arabic word sharab meaning to drink. Historically, there are two kinds, the first is a fruit liqueur that was popular in 17th and 18th…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Port
Port is generally thought to be a Portuguese fortified wine that is sweet and often served with dessert. Although other port-style wines are produced in Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, India,…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wine: Cider without Apples
Although apples are the traditional fruit used to make cider, pears are used to make a similar drink called perry, and other fruits are used to flavor cider including pineapple,…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Anise-Seed Cordial
Most Mediterranean countries have favorite anise flavored spirit. Think Absinth and Anisette in France, Sambuca in Italy, and Ouzo in Greece. The drinks are made from anise seed which made…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Raisin Wine in the Imitation of Frontignac
Frontignac is a grape of ancient Greek origin that produces a white wine that may be fragrant, strongly perfumed and deliver intense floral, perfume, rose water, and spice tastes and…