Before you get started, I’d recommend reading thisbeginner’s guide to small-batch wine. I have a specific chokecherry wine tutorial coming shortly, but in the meantime, I’d suggest substituting chokecherry juice into my basiccherry wine recipein place of sour pie cherries. Chokecherry Vineg...
The Verve’s hometown is a place “neither here nor there,” according to Ashcroft. If you ever have occasion to make it up to Wigan, three hours north of London by train, he suggests you sample a meat-and-potato pie, go for a pint and—if you follow his lead—leave the first cha...
Strain the liquid and pour it into the bottles through the funnel. Seal the bottles tightly. If you prefer a stronger liqueur mix up the strained liquid with an equal quantity of alcohol and cold sugar syrup made of 1.5 cups (300 g) sugar & 200 ml water for every litre of strained liq...