Wines
Home brew recipes
How to make quality wine from easy-to-find ingredients.

Parsley Wine
A superb dry white wine with a slight aftertaste of Parsley? Not as strange as it sounds.
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Victoria Plum Sherry
Start in late August/early September. Victoria Plum Sherry is one of the finest homemade alcoholic beverages known to man.
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Pear Champagne
Easy to make, and even easier to drink, Pear Champagne is a great use of windfall-fruit at any time of year. Just gather & freeze.
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Blackberry Wine
No self-respecting home-brew/foraging blog can be without a Blackberry Wine recipe. So here’s mine.
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Rough n’ Ready Rhubarb Cider
A 3-week quick brew of Rhubarb to produce a lovely, crisp cider-style drink with a bit of a kick.
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Pea Pod Wine
Pea Pod Wine – using only the freshest, greenest Pea Pods, this makes a gloriously crisp white wine.
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Redcurrant Wine (Bordeaux)
Don’t be fooled by the Rosé colour, Redcurrant Bordeaux is a full-bodied wine that is a glorious taste of Summer.
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Elderflower Fizz
Some call it Elderflower Champagne. I call it a Fizz. A beer-strength, Lime-tinged Floral Summery Fizz at that.
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Wild Rose Wine/Sherry
The Wild Rose, also known as the Dog Rose, makes a fragrant drop of wine that can also be turned into a sherry.
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Rhubarb Pie Filling Champagne – Failed
A mysterious bag of Rhubarb Pie filling & a will to make something fizzy & alcoholic out of it. Whatever can go wrong?