That picture brings back memories.
Thats a great bit of info, thank youI make my own wine, usually from scratch (literally, with blackberries!)
Hedgerow stuff is good, and free, and can be picked on a leisurely ride. Its a bit late for this year though.
Lots of fruits and vegetables can be used and a few pounds of them from the shops will make a decent wine. Kits can be purchased that have grape juice, yeast and nutrient in them and all that's needed is sugar and water.
As a basic starter kit, you will need a few demijohns, yeast, fermentation locks, tubing, campden tablets/sterilizing powder, a hydrometer, corks and a corker. (I save up the bottles from shop bought wines.)
Some wines need some pectolase to help them clear, but not all.
A quick search around the net will give you a price for Starter Kits.
I've always found it more rewarding making my own rather than the 'grape juice from a can' type. I've had some failures over the years, but not many.
At the moment, I have a gallon each of Elderberry, Blackberry, Carrot and Apple nearly ready for bottling
A gallon gives approximately 6 bottles of wine. I owe one bottle of the apple to a mate as he gave me the apples.
Hope that helps
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Is it memories of your last urine sample test?That picture brings back memories.
Years ago, yes.
No. Making wine from tinned grape pulp made sense when my dad was doing it in the 1960s, but not when you can get good quality wine from all over the world in your local supermarket. If you enjoy the process - and there was some satisfaction in the air-trap gloop-gloop chorus from the airing cupboard - do what PeteXXX does and make stuff that you can't buy in the shops.
Thats a good point well made........so what should I get my wife for Christmas instead?
Is that a snake in the one on the right, like a tequila worm?I make my own wine, usually from scratch (literally, with blackberries!)
Hedgerow stuff is good, and free, and can be picked on a leisurely ride. Its a bit late for this year though.
Lots of fruits and vegetables can be used and a few pounds of them from the shops will make a decent wine. Kits can be purchased that have grape juice, yeast and nutrient in them and all that's needed is sugar and water.
As a basic starter kit, you will need a few demijohns, yeast, fermentation locks, tubing, campden tablets/sterilizing powder, a hydrometer, corks and a corker. (I save up the bottles from shop bought wines.)
Some wines need some pectolase to help them clear, but not all.
A quick search around the net will give you a price for Starter Kits.
I've always found it more rewarding making my own rather than the 'grape juice from a can' type. I've had some failures over the years, but not many.
At the moment, I have a gallon each of Elderberry, Blackberry, Carrot and Apple nearly ready for bottling
A gallon gives approximately 6 bottles of wine. I owe one bottle of the apple to a mate as he gave me the apples.
Hope that helps
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I.could fib and say it's a worm to add body & flavour, but it's a flex running from the corner.to the wall socket...
I'm only saying that IME making wine from grape pulp probably isn't worth it. You could still get her the equipment, which she could use to make 'country wines'. Some people do make very palatable drinks with eg elderflowers, even if fresh grapes are universally used for good reason.
We have two vines in our garden, not sure which ones they are now to be honest, we've had them for around 6-7 years or more and not had a single grape from either
We have two vines in our garden, not sure which ones they are now to be honest, we've had them for around 6-7 years or more and not had a single grape from either
Maybe wine making isn't for us.
