Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Balm Wine
Balm, perhaps better known as lemon balm, is a herbaceous perennial and member of the mint family, Labiatae, that also includes basil, rosemary, and ajuga. It is native to the…
Balm, perhaps better known as lemon balm, is a herbaceous perennial and member of the mint family, Labiatae, that also includes basil, rosemary, and ajuga. It is native to the…
Barley wine goes back to ancient times when the Greek military commander and historian Xenophon mentioned it in his History of the Persian wars. Xenophon’s beverage, however, predates the use…
Shrub is a term that can be applied to two different types of drinks The first goes back to 17th century England and refers to a combination of citrus juice…
Tomato wine has been around from the mid 1800s but has never been very popular. Although it resembles white wine in aroma and taste it is also rather acidic which…
In her book, Old Time Recipes for Home made Wines, my paternal grandmother, Helen S. Wright, gives a recipe for sarsaparilla mead that calls for Spanish sarsaparilla. Sarsaparilla belongs to…
Raison wine dates back to pre-Roman times when grapes were dried to concentrate their juices. Such wines are still being made in northern Italy, Greece and the French Alps with…
My paternal grandmother, Helen S. Wright, included one recipe for spruce beer in her book, Old Time recipes for Home Made Wine. Spruce beer was important to the indigenous people…
The berries of several species of mulberry tree can be made into wine. Some of the available ones in the US include white mulberry (Morus alba), native to East Asia…
Morello cherries are a sour, very dark red cherries native to Europe and southwest Asia. They were cultivated by the Greeks as early as 300 BC and were popular with…
The Spanish city of Malaga is known for the very fine raisins they produce from Muscatel grapes. These Muscatel grape is very sweet and has anintense flavor; It originated in…