Elderberry Sparkling Wine

– more Yield: Hardware – plastic cork ffcork cork.

Boil water (1), let sugar melt in it while stirring, then cool. Shake out elderberry umbels to remove insects. Layer flowers in a clean, generously sized glass jar. Add sugar solution, water (2), vinegar and sliced lemons, stirring once. Tie the jar with air-permeable gauze and place it on a sunny windowsill. Leave for five to six days, stirring daily. The liquid must taste good at last. In the meantime, soak the champagne bottles in cold water for 24 hours, then rinse them with hot water and drain them upside down. Clean the plastic corks in hot water. Pour the liquid from the glass jar into a pitcher through a dishwasher. Fill each bottle with the liquid to about three finger widths below the rim, seal. Secure the stoppers with florist’s wire. Put the bottles in the cellar. The bottle fermentation, which starts now, lasts at least 8 days, after which you can taste the elderberry sparkling wine for the first time. It will keep in the bottles for years.

Notes from Franz Betzel: ~ Elderberry sparkling wine does not always succeed, even if you do everything together correctly. For example, it can mold before it begins to ferment. This may be due to too humid weather during the harvest or possibly due to an unsuitable location of the vessel.

~ Sometimes the finished elderberry sparkling wine is a little bit cloudy. Blame

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