Taste the Wild Blog

  Blackberry and Elderberry wine – makes 30 bottles This recipe is for a standard large fermenter but for a 1 gallon demijohn reduce the ingredients to one fifth of the amount. It is very important to sterilise your equipment, I use a brew safe cleaner/sanitiser at all stages to make sure the wine stays … Continued

The taste of Elderflower champagne will always remind me of warm summer evenings spent with good friends and good food. Here is a new twist on that old favourite, adding the delicate scent of roses along with a blush pink tint. Rose petal and Elderflower champagne.  Simple to make and full of the tastes of … Continued

This is my recipe for Elderflower wine, I have made wine this way for the last 15 years and it always works well.  There are loads of flowers this year, it’s a bumper year! I have explained the process in detail for any of you that have not made wine before, you can also scale … Continued