Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: French Cider
Karen French cider is usually made from bittersweet to bitter sharp apples, is clear to brilliant, amber in color and has alcohol content of 3-6%. It is low in acidity and…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wine: Plum Wine
Plums may be one of the first fruits domesticated so it is no wonder that they have been used to make wine. If you buy a bottle of plum wine,…
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…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Perry or Pear Cider
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,…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Peach Wine
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…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wine: Palermo Wine
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.…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wine: Orgeat
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…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wine: Strong Mead
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…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Sham Champagne
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…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Currant Wine
True currants are deciduous shrubs 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…