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["Hector Black" <hblack1925@fastmail.fm>]

I've made some wonderful mulberry wine with  Ill.  Everbearing, and then 
some not so hot.  I think it has to do with good sanitation, sterilizing 
things.  I don't like using Campden tablets as some people are allergic to 
sulfites or sulfides (I dn't know which) and a friend told my hydrogen 
peroxide sprayed on tools, jugs etc. does the job.  hector black zone 6 
middle tn

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Demmon" <mdemmon@gmail.com>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Mulberry wine??


> I made mulberry wine once. I don't know much about making wine. But I had a
> lot of mulberries. It was alcoholic and dry. Kind of flat and bland. 
> Needed
> some acid or tannins. Mulberries are kind of sweet and bland, and when all
> the sugar turns to alcohol, guess what's left?
>
> -matt
> z5 se MI
>
> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Elizabeth Hilborn 
> <ehilborn@mebtel.net>wrote:
>
> > My Illinois Everbearing mulberry tree is young and it has provided small
> > amounts of fruit over a long season.The birds usually take most of them.
> >
> > This year, it is abundantly productive and I am able to gather small
> > amounts (about 2 cups) of fruit a day.
> >
> > I am thinking of making wine. I gather the fruit daily, wash and freeze
> > it to collect enough to try.
> >
> > 2 questions for the list:
> >
> > 1) I am spending a lot of time clipping off stems.  Is that necessary?
> > Will it really degrade the flavor of the wine to leave them on?
> >
> > 2) Does anyone have experience with making mulberry wine? Good or bad
> > experiences? A favorite recipe or yeast?
> >
> > Betsy Hilborn
> > 7a Central NC
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