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I’ve been trying to grow wine grapes for years. I am still climbing the learning curve and Mother Nature likes to make it interesting, so I only got a couple of pounds of grapes this year. We had a late frost in my area, and my vines got hit pretty hard. I harvested 3 lbs [...] Last week I made a nice discovery in my wine cellar. I found a bottle of wine I did not know I had. I did not know I had it because it was labeled wrong. Here is the story. Back in 2005 I made an Orange Wine. The recipe called for adding orange peels to [...] Last Saturday we started our wine making classes back up at Porter House Brew Shop. We made Elderberry wine. (Just follow the link for the recipe we used.) We had a good time learning about how to make home made wine. One of the questions I had was how much air to leave in the [...] Today I am going to talk about how to sweeten home made wine. Most of my fruit wine finishes very dry. When a wine is too dry, the only thing I can taste is the acid in the wine. I like to bring the fruit flavor out even in my dry wines. I am going [...] It is Elderberry season and time to shuck Elderberries! I’ve been trying a new method to clean the elderberries that I am going to share with you. I also have information on shucking elderberries on my Elderberry Project page. I love Elderberry Wine, but cleaning the Elderberries is time consuming. I’ve been trying to find [...] Here at Frugal Wine Making, I’m always looking for ways to save a couple of dollars in my wine making. One way I did that was by building my own wine rack in the new house. I read a thread in Wine Press about how to make a wine rack out of pallets. I didn’t [...] RJ Spangles sells a White Chocolate Port wine kit that is very good, but expensive. I plan on trying to create something similar using a bit of creativity. I am starting with White Niagara frozen grape juice as a base. I used my Frozen Wine Concentrate recipe to start. My LHBS has chocolate flavoring for [...] It has been a long time since I made a post here. I just wanted to update you on what has been going on with this site. I’ve FINNALLY finished my house and we have moved in! Yea!Since we are finally getting settled, I hope to be doing more with my blog. I have lots [...] |
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