Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Raspberry Wine No. 2
Karen Meyers Raspberry gets its name from a mid-15th century word raspise, meaning a sweet rose-color wine so it should come as no surprise that even today raspberry wines are available. My…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Sherry Wine
Sherry wine, usually just called sherry, is a fortified wine made from white grapes and originally from Jerez in southern Spain. Its history goes back to ancient times when the…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Pearl Gooseberry Wine
My paternal grandmother, Helen S. Write includes several recipes for gooseberry wine in her book, Old Time Recipes for Homemade Wines, published in 1909. Most of the recipes Grandmother titled…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Saratoga Wine or English Sack
Karen My maternal grandmother, Helen S. Wright, included a recipe for Saratoga wine also known as English sack, in her book Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wine published in 1909.…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Sage Wine
Herbal wines can be made from the leaves, flowers, fruits, and roots of any edible herb from lavender, elderberry, elderflower, chamomile, and parsley to ginger, aloe vera, tea, peppermint, and…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Champagne Cider-2
After consulting the 1909 book Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines by my paternal grandmother, Helen S. Wright, I am confused about the difference between champagne cider and cider…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Champagne Cider 1
Meriam-Webster dictionary defines champagne cider as “a sparkling cider that is matured in vats and then fermented in bottles to produce effervescence”. My paternal grandmother, Helen S. Wright, includes two…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wine: Elderberry Wine
Wine can be made from both the flowers and berries of various elder plants including American elder (Sambucus canadensis) and European elder (S. nigra). In her book, Old Time Recipes…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Red and White Gooseberry Wine
Most gooseberries in the US are either Ribes uva-crispa (European gooseberry), Ribes hirtellum (American gooseberry), or a variant of one of these. Fruit from European gooseberries are larger and reportedly…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Gooseberry Wine 3
In her book, Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines (published 1909), my paternal grandmother, Helen S. Wright included 8 recipes using gooseberries. Although she did not specify the kind…