Topic: white wine

[waggi]

hey there
on the radio a few days ago there was a recipie for white wine useing oak leaves and water
is that right or is it rubbish
matt ??? :P

[derbex]

Yes and no.

Oak leaves water, grape juice, citric acid, suger and yeast.

If you're interested I cangive you the full recipe from Ben Turner's 'Wines from the Countryside'

Jeremy

[waggi]

if you could
i am hopeing to make some blackcurrent wine this year as well
you

[derbex]

OK,

1pt Oak or Walnut leaves (picked young -as soon as they're full size)
500g conc. grape juice  or the same of minced raisins or sultanas I guess.
680g of suger
2 tsp citric acid,
3,4 ltrs of water
wine yeat (& nutrient).

Chopleaves and simmer for 15 mins, cool and strain into a bin, discrad leaves.
Stir in juice, acid and yeast ferment in DJ for 1 week . Add suger (dissolved in some of the must) and ferment out.

Black Currant (tell me how it goes, I'm only just starting my bush this year :) )

Try one of these :
http://freespace.virgin.net/roger.simmonds/letters/recip/blackcurrant.htm
or
http://www.pcurtis.com/homewine.htm

Cheers,

Jeremy

[waggi]

thanxs mate will do
we have so much fruit we will not no what to do with it all
just p i s s heads at hart
will tell you how it goes
matt

[wardy]

I won a bottle of white win yesterday.  South African white - Goats do Roam.  Very good it was too  :)

[waggi]

how did you win it
was it good
did you drink it watching the footie

[wardy]

We had a food and drink fayre where I live and there was a tombola stall for South Africa who were there to promote their wines.  I won first time!  The wine was delish.  I drank it all that night so didn't save it for footy last night.  For footy had Stella and Carlsberg but my OH was thirsty and had drunk it all by half time.  In the second half the red wine came out (2 bottles) and because he was cheering so much and throwing arms up there is now red stains all over the flippin carpet  ;D

[waggi]

uhhhhhhhhhhh we just got carpet shampooer machine thing