Making Elderberry Wine

 


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“I am making Elderberry Wine!

I would say “I made elderberry wine,” but since it’s not in bottles yet, I consider the thing still in process.

But I can tell you that it is going very well.  This was my first attempt at wine-making.  I’ll tell you how I am doing it, after scouring a number of recipes online.

Update:  It turned out pretty awesome. It is so rich and nuanced, and has the character of a port wine.

Now we’re aging it in the basement to enjoy around Christmas time, over a year later.  We’ve been told that it just keeps getting better and better with age, and my main regret is that we didn’t make more!  But we’ll do a bigger batch this year, for sure…”

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