Homemade Fruit Wine
I am getting into making different types of wine, made from real fruit as opposed to wine kits. Each fruit gives a very different flavour, from the very dry white wine made from rhubarb to the port like wine that is produced from blackcurrent.
I have compiled a list of flavours associated with each type of fruit, some I’ve made some I’ve found on the internet. This list is by no means exhausted but it gives an idea of the type of wine you are likely to get from each type of fruit.
Homemade Fruit Wines
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Apple Apricot Blackberry Blackcurrent Cherry Damson Elderberry Gooseberry Grape Greengage Hips Haws Lemon |
light white wine sweet white wine rich red wine port wine claret very dry red wine port sweet champagne, dry white wine light dry white wine light white wine very dry white wine dry white wine very dry wine |
Loganberry Mulberry Nectarine Orange Peach Pear Plum Quince Raisin Raspberry Redcurrant Rhubarb Sloe |
vin rose very dry red wine sweet white wine light sherry sweet white wine light white wine red wine very dry white wine light port vin rose dry vin rose very dry white wine red wine |
This is quite a good list, it’ll certainly keep you brewing for a while if you work through each one. I can add a black cherry wine to this which is sweeter than the cherry but is still a bit port like. I think a lot depends on how the wine is made. I’ve made gooseberry wine before and this is a dry white wine when made still, but I would imagine if made sparkling it would make a sweet champagne.
If you have the fruit available you can get an idea of the flavour of your new wine before you make it.
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February 19th, 2008 at 7:05 am
“making different types of wine, made from real fruit as opposed to wine kits” - Fantastic. Making wine from the real fresh food instead of the kits gives you wines with very good taste. The fruits and their flavors make any wine lover go crazy. I totally agree with your points made in this posting.
October 25th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
Makes sense to me. In fact, I want to try to make wine from some of the the fresh Guava that grows everywhere here in Hawaii. This will be my first attempt at making wine so I’m looking for a good, simple recipe for about one gallon of juice that I have extracted from about 12~15 lbs. of fresh fruit.
Rick Turchi