Interest in wine and mead making is on the rise as hobbyists discover that you don't need expensive equipment or elaborate calculations to make your own "bottled sunshine."<P>This revised and updated edition of Storey's 1992 title Country Wines offers concise instructions, a glossary of terms, and 125 recipes — forty of which are brand-new! Even beginners can create delicious wines using common kitchen equipment and ingredients, and experienced winemakers will love the unique recipes!<P>"Making Wild Wines & Meads" includes offbeat but absolutely delectable recipes for fruit, flower, and herb wines; wine coolers and punches; and meads, a fermented beverage made from honey.

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

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 and 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 and Meads. Richard is a pharmacy manager whose background in chemistry helped refine and modernize their winemaking process. He lives in Ohio.

1 Winemaking Made Easy

2 Making Wines from Fruits

3 Making Wines from Flowers, Nuts &Vegetables

4 Making Meads, Melomels &Metheglins

5 Making Wines from Herbs

6 Making Wine Coolers &Wine Punches

Glossary of Winemaking Terms

Resources

Index