Food and Drink

How can I Get the Most Fruit from my Fruit Trees?

When planting fruit trees, most gardeners are not simply looking for a pretty addition to the garden: they are also hoping for a crop of delicious fruit in the years to come. While fruit trees are quite lovely, sometimes yields of fruit can be disappointing, specially in the early years. There are a few ways to get the most out of fruit trees, ranging... [Read more of this review]

Mojo-Marinated Pork Tenderloin

[amazon-product alink="#0000ff" height="240" width="120"]0761120149[/amazon-product]My wife Michelle and I tried this last night and it was excellent. In fact, it was so tender that my wife was able to cut her tenderloin with her fork. No kidding! The recipe we followed was in Steven Raichlen’s “How to Grill” BBQ cookbook (page 126)... [Read more of this review]

Wine Making Using Household Items

Here’s another interesting video that I found on YouTube that shows you how to make wine using store bought grape juice.   This type of wine would probably fall under the “Baby Duck” category – easy to drink and it’ll give you a good buzz, but not something that’s going to win any awards. If you make this wine let... [Read more of this review]

How To Make Wine From Coca Cola

Have you ever considered making wine from Coca Cola? I can’t really say I had … at any point in time, but I came across this video on YouTube and it peaked my interest. See for your selfL Sounds tempting until you see what happens when he tastes his wine “experiment” … So what do you think? Something you’d try? -... [Read more of this review]

Do You Have A Quick Apple Cider Recipe?

Peter, one of my loyal wine making participants from the UK sent me this message today about getting a recipe for apple cider and I thought it would make for a great “Question of the Week”. Enjoy! Hi Scott Hows are things? You dont happen to have a easy recipe for cider? I have aquired about 30 to 40 pound of apples but not sure of the... [Read more of this review]

Chili Wine Recipe

I received an email the other day from Mervyn who asked: Hi Scottie, I had sent you an email regarding a wine we use to have in India called Otty (I am not sure of the spelling) It was prepared with red chillies . It had a pungent taste like ginger wine. I would like to try out this wine. Could you help me ? - Mervyn I personally have never heard of... [Read more of this review]

Blending Homemade Wine – The Keys To Creating A Truly Unique Wine You Can Call Your Own

The home wine makers may want to blend wines in order to improve the taste of a particular wine. This is different than commercial wineries that blend wines in order to create consistency in the wines that they sell. To be able to calculate how to properly blend wines, it is recommended that the home winemaker use the Pearson Square because it is a... [Read more of this review]

How to Make Homemade Wine from Store Bought Grape Juice

I found this video on YouTube and it had me wondering how many people make wine from store bought grape juice. Have a look at the video and let me know if this is something you’d try yourself. I’m certainly not knocking the video or this wine – just not something that I had thought of … Would love to hear what you think so... [Read more of this review]

Cherry Wine Recipe Used As Part Of The Cherry Wine Project

Here’s the cherry wine recipe that I am following for my batch wine that will be featured as part of The Cherry Wine Project (as found on page 8 of the “Winemaker’s Recipe Handbook” by Raymond Massaccesi): CHERRY, Sweet: >> Please note that this recipe produces 1 gallon of wine so multiply as appropriate to the size of... [Read more of this review]

Prawn Wine Anyone? Proof That You Can Make Wine Out Of Just About Anything!

One of the things I love about helping people with their wine making is hearing about all of the crazy things people make wine out of! I guess I’m a “traditionalist” though as I typically make wine from wine kits and fresh fruit. For example, I currently have the following wine kits from Winexperts on the go: Piesporter (Vintner’s... [Read more of this review]

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