Ingredients: (makes 1 gallon)
- 2 quarts edible wildflowers (I used wild rose, honeysuckle, chicory flower, and red clover)
- 8 oz white grape peach juice (or just white grape)
- 2 lbs sugar
- 1 tsp acid blend
- 1 tsp yeast nutrient
- 1/8 tsp tannin
- 1/3 packet wine yeast, like Premier Cuvée
Instructions:
- Begin by making the “tea”: place the prepared flowers (just the blossoms – remove any greenery and check for bugs – and be sure to remove the sepals, the green part at the base, from any honeysuckle flowers, too) into a fermenting bucket. Add 2 quarts of hot water and allow to steep overnight.
- The following day, strain out the flowers. Add 2 quarts (minus one cup) of room temperature water and all other ingredients except the wine yeast to the wildflower tea. Stir the sugar in well to ensure it’s dissolved. Add 1/3 packet of wine yeast – I typically use Premier Cuvée or champagne yeast for flower wines.
- For the next 5 days, stir the wine daily. After the 5 days has elapsed, move the wine to a secondary fermentor with airlock. You may rack this at 30 days, if desired. It should be ready to sample once fermentation has ceased and the wine has cleared to a soft blush color.
- The finished wine will be dry. I prefer to sweeten when pouring, rather than backsweetening prior to bottling (for a number of reasons), so I simply sweeten with simple syrup in the glass. Enjoy this beautiful and oh-so-cheery wine!
https://forgedmettlefarm.com/fmfs-wildflower-medley-wine/
