Been a few years since I last made a Dandelion wine and as the flowers are in full bloom on block 2 and 3, decided to have a go. 2/12/2010 picked flowers.
Head down and going for it!!! you know the story, if you only knew how long it takes to hand pick 5 litres of flowers...
Nearly full enough.
A few more should do the trick.
Now the real work begins, plucking the pettels off the heads. You can have no green parts from the flowers in this wine.
Moira lending a hand here. Joint effort this wine.
Finally finished and boy has this been a long slow process. Into the brew barrel, poured over 4 litres of boiling water, added 250 gms Sultanas, zest of a lemon and juice and juice of an orange, allowed to cool then added yeast-CY17. Stired twice daily for 5 days. Then strained off petals and added 1 kg sugar and pulp of 4 bananas, these help to add body to the wine! Then into the Demijohns and onto airlock. The two on the right are Hawthorn flower and the one at the back on the left is Dandelion , but that's another story. We should probably be entering these into the A & P show at Paparoa in a few years time. Another first in class I hope.
Hawthorn flower working away well. Some of last years Hawthorn berry still not ready to bottle but close. I enjoy this wine and make 10 to 12 bottles of it each year.
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