A couple of weeks ago, I was in Indianapolis, Indiana...
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Dandelion wine, the ultimate in “home” winemaking. The flowers are often a nusance and we try very hard to get them off our lawns. An entire industry has been created to come up with various chemicals and tools to get rid of these pesky plants. Personally, I quite like the ...
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I came across this neat video. It’s a story of a gentleman in Merced County, California who is obviously passionate about his fruit winemaking hobby. Hope you enjoy it!
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What is “pH”? What does it mean and what does it say about a wine? A new winemaker eventually grasps the meaning and the importance to pay attention to specific gravity and total titratable acidity. This often occurs after a trail of horrid wines which marks the learning process. The ...
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It all started, as these things tend to, with 90 pounds of rhubarb. That’s a boatload of pies and such, Tom and Marsha Mann thought when they brought home that harvest from nearby Long Lake Regional Park in New Brighton, Minn. Then they hit upon an idea: Why not devote ...
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Elderberries are fruits that lend themselves perfectly to fruit wine making. They taste great and have sufficient character, tannins and complexity to make wonderful age-worthy wines. From colonial days elderberry wine has been a favourite home-made and in parts, commercially made wine. Recipes are numerous and varied. The method described ...
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