Did you know? Red grape wines can benefit from the judicious use of aging in oak barrels or even oak chips.
 
RED TABLE WINE
(Vitis Vinifera)
 
Ingredients:
 
16-18lb Grapes (depending on variety)
Sugar (add if low to S.G. 1.090-1.100)
Acid Blend (add if low to .65% tartaric)
1 Campden, crush
1 pkg Wine yeast
 
FYI: All the above ingredients can be purchased in one [...]

I don’t know why they call them grapefruits. They look more like oranges. If it were up to me I’d call them “yellows”. Who’s with me??
 
Ingredients:
 
1 ½  Grapefruit Juice (unsweetened)
½ pt White Grape Conc.
6 pts Water
1 ¾  lb Sugar
¼ tsp Tannin
½ tsp Pectic Enzyme
½ tsp Energizer
1 Campden, crush
1 pkg Champagne Yeast
 
FYI: All the above ingredients [...]

Grapefruit is one of my favourite fruits. It’s big, it’s juicy, it’s colourful and fun. It’s perfect! Perfect for wine-making too!
 Ingredients:
 
6 Grapefruit
6 pts Water
2 ¼  lb Sugar
¼ tsp Tannin
1 Campden, crush
1 pkg Champagne Yeast
 
FYI: All the above ingredients can be purchased in one convenient package at letsmakefoodandwine.com!
 
Method:
 

Grate rind from 2 grapefruit (exclude bitter white pith). [...]

 
 
 
 
 
 
This “Sparkle” recipe is simply our gooseberry wine recipe with a few small method changes and Champagne yeast instead of Wine yeast. Gives it that little extra bit of something special to really make your mouth water…
 
Ingredients:
 
2 ½ lb Gooseberries
7 pts Water
1 ¾  lb Sugar
½ tsp Pectic Enzyme
1  tsp Nutrient
1 Campden, crush
1 pkg Champagne [...]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I’m not going to lie. I wouldn’t know a gooseberry from a hole in the ground. But such is the adventure of wine-making. It’s the thrill of the unknown. And it’s all at your fingertips.
 
Ingredients:
 
2 ½ lb Gooseberries
7 pts Water
2 ¼  lb Sugar
½ tsp Pectic Enzyme
1  tsp Nutrient
1 Campden, crush
1 pkg Wine Yeast
 
Starting S.G. 1.080-85
 
FYI: [...]

 
 Although the word “glogg” sounds very slow and frumpy, but there is a speedy way to concoct this fine beverage. Read below to find out how!
 
 
Instant Glogg:
 
1 btl Red Wine (26 oz)
¼ pt Gin
2 ½ oz Blanched almonds
¾ cup Dark raisin
10 Cloves
1 Cinnamon stick
 
Method:
Mix and heat (don’t boil) all ingredients nuts and raisins, soak for [...]

 
 
 
 
 
 
A hot cup of glogg is the Swedish way of offering a warm welcome to a friend on a wintry evening. Serves 10-15 depending on how cold the weather!
 
Ingredients:
 
1 cup Blanched Almonds
12 Cardamon Seeds, peeled
12 Cloves, whole
6   2½” Cinnamon Sticks
6 Candied Oranges or Peel of 1 Orange
1 btl Burgundy or Claret (26oz)
1 cup Dark Raisins
1 [...]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Who knew fruit brandies were so easy?? Try it yourself!
 
Ingredients:
 
4 cups Fresh, Pitted Cherries (sweet or tart)
1 ½ cups Sugar
1/5 btl Vodka (80 proof)
 
FYI: All the above ingredients can be purchased in one convenient package at letsmakefoodandwine.com!
 
Method:
 

Pick fully ripe. No moldy fruit. Wash and remove stones and pits as these impart a bitter aftertaste.
Drain, [...]

 
 
 
 
 
 
Take some fruit, add some vodka and sugar and you got yourself a nice, sweet brandy!
 
Ingredients:
 
2 ½ lb Fresh, Ripe Apricots (Weigh without stones)
1 ½ cups Sugar
½ cup Honey
1/5 btl Vodka (80 proof)
 
FYI: All the above ingredients can be purchased in one convenient package at letsmakefoodandwine.com!
 
Method:
 

Pick fully ripe. No moldy fruit. Wash and remove stones [...]

 
 
 
 
 
 
Fresh fruit, vodka, sugar and time equals a number of deliciously warming brandies. As a drink or poured over desserts the results are rewarding. This is done without fermentation.
 
Ingredients:
 
2 ½ lb Fresh, Ripe Peaches (Weigh without stones)
1 ½ cups Sugar
½ cup Honey
1/5 btl Vodka (80 proof)
 
FYI: All the above ingredients can be purchased in one [...]