Making wild wines & meads : 125 unusual recipes using herbs, fruits & flowers & more

Product DescriptionMake Extraordinary Homemade Wines from Everything but Grapes! Exotic wines, honey meads, spicy metheglins, and fruity melomels-there's no end to the great-tasting elixirs you can make using ingredients from your local market and even your own backyard! You'll find easy, step-by-step winemaking instructions plus memorable recipes, including: Apricot Wine, Dry Mead, Marigold Wine, Almond Wine, Cherry Melomel, Cranberry Claret, Pea Pod Wine, Lemon-Thyme Metleglin, Strawberry Wine, and Rose Hip Melomel From the Back CoverGo Wild!Make Extraordinary Homemade Wines from Everything but Grapes!Elegant, exotic wines, honey meads, spicy metheglins, and fruity melomels -- there's no end to great-tasting elixirs you can make using ingredients from your local market and even your own backyard!You'll find easy, step-by-step winemaking instructions plus memorable recipes, including:-- Apricot Wine-- Dry Mead-- Marigold Wine-- Almond Wine-- Cherry Melomel-- Cranberry Claret-- Peapod Wine-- Lemon-Thyme Metheglin--Strawberry Wine-- Rose Hip Melomel

Go Wild!

Make Extraordinary Homemade Wines from Everything but Grapes!

Elegant, exotic wines, honey meads, spicy metheglins, and fruity melomels — there's no end to great-tasting elixirs you can make using ingredients from your local market and even your own backyard!

You'll find easy, step-by-step winemaking instructions plus memorable recipes, including:

— Apricot Wine

— Dry Mead

— Marigold Wine

— Almond Wine

— Cherry Melomel

— Cranberry Claret

— Peapod Wine

— Lemon-Thyme Metheglin

—Strawberry Wine

— Rose Hip Melomel

Make extraordinary homemade wines from everything but grapes! In this refreshingly unique take on winemaking, Patti Vargas and Rich Gulling offer 125 recipes for unusual wines made from herbs, fruits, flowers, and honey. Learn to use ingredients from your farmers’ market, grocery store, or even your own backyard to make deliciously fermented drinks. Lemon-Thyme Metheglin, Rose Hip Melomel, and Pineapple-Orange Delight are just the beginning of an unexplored world of delightfully natural wild wines. Cheers! Interest in wine and mead making is on the rise as hobbyists discover that you don't need expensive equipment or elaborate calculations to make your own "bottled sunshine." Provides recipes and instructions for beverages such as apricot wine, marigold wine, dry mead, mint metheglin, and hot cranapple punch