The Principles of Elderberry Fruit Wine Making

Elderberries are fruits that lend themselves perfectly to fruit wine making. They taste great and have sufficient character, tannins and complexity to make wonderful age-worthy wines.
From colonial days elderberry wine has been a favourite home-made and in parts, commercially made wine. Recipes are numerous and varied. The method described here has been used successfully [...]

The Fruit Wines of Elephant Island

The excellent wines of Naramata’s Elephant Island that seem to get better every year. B.C.’s fruit wine industry continues to flex its muscles, with more wineries springing up as time goes on.
Del and Miranda Halladay have always paid close attention to the quality of their wines, but a recent tasting unveiled a number of superb [...]

Apple Wine (Cider) in Europe

France produces about 400,000,000 gal. of cider per year. It is estimated England’s production at about 100,000,000 gal. per year. Germany produces and consumes a large amount of apple cider, presumably more than England but less than France.
In Switzerland good cider can be enjoyed in cafes and restaurants. Usually it is served light amber in [...]

Canadian Fruit Wine and Hockey in London!

It wasn’t exactly Hockey Night In Canada, but for Canadians living in England it certainly did the trick.
Trafalgar Square in London was temporarily transformed Tuesday into a street hockey rink to highlight the Canada Day festivities.
Teams from all over the country went head to head competing for the Petro-Canada Trafalgar Cup, drawing the attention of [...]

Summer is Here, Time for Raspberry Wine!

Well its officially fruit wine making time!
At time of writing in a lot of North America, cherries are out and juice, strawberries are in full swing and peaches are starting to look good. Even the raspberries are starting to slowly mature.
It is a good time to plan your production, get your equipment ready and cleaned [...]