This time I have tried to be a bit more scientific about it. Note to self, please upload some pictures. Thank you Countryfile for the recipe. Here is my take on it. It takes a few hours – lots of messing around – don’t try and rush it.
Category: Foraging
Elderberry Wine Retro
We tried two wines, one was bottled at the end of 2020 and the second bottled mid 2021. Interesting comparisons and some learnings.
Elderflower Champagne – Year 2
For the first batch, I got in nice and early. The flowers are lovely and young. Actually picked at 6am, but it was a dry day, and they were lovely.
Elderberry wine
For batch 2 we did not have enough elderberries so topped up with a bit of foraging through the deep freeze – blackberries, raspberries, rosehips and sloes. I’m thinking the sloes might have been a mistake.