By Bryon Zirker
If wine making has become a passion of yours, why not try
your hand at making
fruit wine.
Fruits that make many of the best fruit wines are elderberries,
plums, peaches, blackberries, huckleberries, blackcurrants, and
pomegranates.
Other fruits include berries, plums, apples, apricot, bananas,
cherries, pineapple guava, and blueberries. Just about any
fruit can be tried. Many other fruit wine can be made from
flowers like hibiscus, elderberry, and dandelions. You might
also try Vegetables such as potatoes, rhubarb, rice and parsnip.
A favorite of mine is a wine called Apfelwein in Germany made
from apples. Wines made from fruit are to be used before a year’s
time as they do not age well at all. Making and consuming right
away is the best.
One of the most fun aspects of making your own wine is large
list of things you can make it from. If you have limited access
to fruit you always have the choice of using a fruit base, a
concentrate of the fruit you wish to try, from one of the many
companies that sell wine making supplies.
A popular combination to try is a fruit wine combined with a
grape wine. This makes for an unusual taste, especially for
the sweet tooth’s out there. Go for a Chardonnay or Zinfandel
to create a marvelous fruity grape wine.
This taste should fire your palate. Another consideration is
when making these fruit wines is how sweet you require them to
be. In fruit wine the natural sweetness should be enough. However
if it is not you can use sugar or wine conditioner, a very good
liquid sweetening agent designed for use in making wine.
There are plenty of great wine making juice flavors that can
be added to your fruity wine that will work fine. Making your
chosen wine dry or sweet exactly to your taste.
Aging and bottling is the final stage in your fruit wine making
process. Do this step to your own preference. You can bottle your
wine immediately, age it in ceramic or stainless steel tanks, or
put right in bottles to age. With a few basic steps, you will be
well on your way to perfecting your system of creating a flavorful
and desirable
fruit wine for you and all your friends and family
to enjoy.
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