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by Pattie Vargas (Author), Rich Gulling (Author) "A few purists still think that the only good wine is a grape wine..." (more)
Key Phrases: airlocked fermentation vessel, airlocked container, yeast starter culture, Winemaking Made Easy, Peach Melomel (more...)
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From the Back Cover
Go Wild!

Make Extraordinary Homemade Wines from Everything but Grapes!

Elegant, exotic wines, honey meads, spicy metheglins, and fruity melomels -- there's no end to great-tasting elixirs you can make using ingredients from your local market and even your own backyard!

You'll find easy, step-by-step winemaking instructions plus memorable recipes, including:

-- Apricot Wine

-- Dry Mead

-- Marigold Wine

-- Almond Wine

-- Cherry Melomel

-- Cranberry Claret

-- Peapod Wine

-- Lemon-Thyme Metheglin

--Strawberry Wine

-- Rose Hip Melomel

About the Author
Pattie Vargas is an avid home winemaker. He is co-author of several books on the subject, including Cordials from Your Kitchen and Country Wines, which has been revised and is now titled Making Wild Wines & Meads. Pattie is the Editorial Project Manager at Mazer Corporation and has won several awards. She is a member of the National Press Women's Association and National Council for the Social Studies. Pattie has three children and four grandchildren.

Besides working as an Internet consultant, She lives in Ohio.

Richard Gulling is an avid home winemaker. He is co-author of several books on the subject, including Cordials from Your Kitchen and Country Wines, which has been revised and is now titled Making Wild Wines & Meads. Richard is a pharmacy manager whose background in chemistry helped refine and modernize their winemaking process. He lives in Ohio.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC; Revised edition (January 8, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1580171826
  • ISBN-13: 978-1580171823
  • Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #12,243 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Making Wild Wines & Meads: 125 Unusual Recipies Using Herbs,, April 18, 2000
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From the novice vinter to a more experienced hand, this book is one of the better ones I have seen. At the start, the author describes and explains the homewine-making process, the equiptment necessary, the "lingo", and gives a desent time-line for completion. The recipies are usually simple and are for one-gallon batches. Some are a little weird, but it does say "unusual" in the title. A definate recommendation for anyone who is avidly homebrewing wine or mead.

Wassail!

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Finally!, November 4, 2004
Many years ago when I started making my own wine, I had receipes for fruit wines including Pineapple, Strawberry and even a Strawberry/Vanilla wine. I lost that small book and went without for many years. If you have any interest in making fruit and herb wines (They Make Great Gifts!) then try this book. It will keep you busy for quite some time.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding recipe resource, May 13, 2004
By Merddyn "merddyn" (Houston, Tx United States) - See all my reviews
Very Very little in this boon on the how-to of wine making but if you're an experienced wine maker and you're looking for a recipe book for mead and wine this is the one to get. Tons of stuff.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Not what I thought...
It's been 5 months since I purchased this book and began my first batch of wine. I just dumped them out. Read more
Published 4 months ago by B. Greer

4.0 out of 5 stars A basic overview with a couple of neat twists
I'm going to break my review of this book into two components, the instructions (which gets a 3) and the recipe section (which gets a 5). Read more
Published 6 months ago by Lorena S.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good beginners' guide.
I got this book for Christmas two years ago, and just bottled my first batch of apple melomel. I'm pleased with the end result, and there are some amazing-looking recipes in this... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Philip A. Lovelace

5.0 out of 5 stars Wild Wines and Meads
This book is full of the most interesting and wonderful recipes for mead that I have seen so far. Simple, easy to follow instructions. No guesswork. Love it!
Published 12 months ago by Deborah C. Filkins

4.0 out of 5 stars Useful
Great book with some very good recipes. As a beginner thats never made anything home brewed before it was useful as a starting point. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Cat

5.0 out of 5 stars WILD WINE & MEADS
WHAT A GREAT BOOK! A PLUS FOR ANYONE WHO LIKES TO EXPERIMENT IN THE KITCHEN ESPECIALLY WITH OUR "GOD GIVEN" FRUITS AND VEGETABLES OF THE WOODS...
Published 13 months ago by Joyce A. Turner

4.0 out of 5 stars good basic recipe book
While this book isn't really for the beginner it has plenty of good basic wine and mead recipies. I've tried several with mostly good luck. Read more
Published 17 months ago by J. Strickland

4.0 out of 5 stars so much fun
i have tried several. there is on occasion a question about a recipe, should something be covered, stirred but since i know nothing about the generalities i need to be let by the... Read more
Published on January 13, 2007 by Dana J. Habeck

3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I was expecting
From the title, I was expecting this book to be along the same lines as "Wild Fermentation," by Sandor Ellix Katz. It wasn't. Read more
Published on August 29, 2006 by Igor

4.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring but some details are missing
I got this book for my first winemaking book, and used one of
the blackberry wine recipes for my first batch. Read more
Published on December 14, 2004 by Lisa

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