Wild Winemaking: Easy & Adventurous Recipes Going Beyond Grapes, Including Apple Champagne, Ginger-Green Tea Sake, Key Lime-Cayenne Wine, and 142 More - Paperback

by Richard W. Bender (Author)

Making wine at home just got more fun, and easier, with Richard Bender's experiments. Whether you're new to winemaking or a seasoned pro, you'll find this innovative manual accessible, thanks to its focus on small batches that require minimal equipment and use an unexpected range of readily available fruits, vegetables, flowers, and herbs. The ingredient list is irresistibly curious. How about banana wine or dark chocolate peach? Plum champagne or sweet potato saké? Chamomile, sweet basil, blood orange Thai dragon, kumquat cayenne, and even cannabis rhubarb wines have earned a place in Bender's flavor collection. Go ahead, give it a try.

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Go Way Beyond Grapes

Dare to drink differently. These 145 recipes for boldly flavored wine, sake, and champagne forgo traditional wine grapes and rely instead on familiar fruits, vegetables, and herbs - even cannabis! - to pack a scrumptious punch. One-gallon batches mean you can experiment wildly without investing a fortune in equipment or ingredients.

Author Biography

Richard Bender has been making wine for more than 30 years with ingredients he's harvested from his own gardens, foraged in the wild, and purchased at groceries and farmers' markets. A former nurseryman, Richard has strong relationships with botanic gardens across the U.S. and nearly 50,000 social media followers.He is the author of Bountiful Bonsai and has written for Horticulture, Field & Stream, and The Herbal Companion. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.