Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Cowslip Wine
Cowslip (Primula veris) is a herbaceous perennial native to most of temperate Europe and western Asia. The spring blooming plant produces cluster of deep yellow flowers that are valued for…
Cowslip (Primula veris) is a herbaceous perennial native to most of temperate Europe and western Asia. The spring blooming plant produces cluster of deep yellow flowers that are valued for…
Perry is an alcoholic beverage made from pears, specifically perry pears, that are thought to be a hybrid of the cultivated pear, Pyrus communis subsp. commybis, and the wild pear,…
The appearance of the first fresh peaches at the Farmers’ Market always brings happiness but long lines whether you eat them as is or use them in cobbler, icecream or…
If you do an Internet search for Palermo Wine you will probably find that the most prominent result is a Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley made by Orin Swift Winery.…
Orgeat is a sweet syrup made from almonds, sugar, and rose water or orange flower water. It has a strong almond flavor and is an essential component of a Mai…
Although mead is not considered a wine it is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey with possible additions of fruit, spices. grains or hops. It dates back to 7000…
The word champagne suggests a bubbly beverage made from grapes, specificall a French wine made to in Champagne, France, from Pinot noir, Chardennay, or Pinot meunier grapes. When my paternal…
True currents are decidiuous shrub in the genus Ribes and are related to gooseberries. They are are found in northern climates where winters are cold an summers are warm. The…
The name British Champagne is a paradox, of course, because real champagne only comes from a certain area of France and is made to to exacting standards. Apparently this did…
Although wines known today as orange wines have nothing of the citrus fruit in them, my paternal grandmother, Helen S. Wright, included several recipes in her book on wine making…