It was a few weeks ago that my dear friends Lejna and Cicily kindly asked me if I would like to join with them to try and make homemade grape wine this year for Christmas. Neither of us were fully sure about the outcome then but we decided we will do this together starting at around the same time so that the journey and process would be more fun whatever be the end result. We dug out a few of our family recipes tried and tested by our grandmothers and mothers/aunts and decided to set forth with this adventure.
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Sourcing the grapes we thought would be a easy task but alas it wasn’t for me. We wanted seeded grapes for the wine as it’s said to add more structure and flavour to Wine than seedless grapes. It wasn’t easy finding seeded grapes in UK supermarkets but finally as I was about to give up on it, atlast found Black Seeded variety. And there we were all ready to start the process. Thus in early November we started off our wine making process.
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Can’t think of a Christmas celebrated back home without some homemade grape wine. Even though I have tasted a few homemade wines, grape wine still remains a favourite. I still remember Ammachi (grandma) used to store different types of wine throughout the year in bharanis (earthern jar) in our storeroom. It’s taken out on special occasions when guests arrive or for Christmas and we would long to get a sip or taste the wine. So sweet are the memories and stories about Homemade wine and so making this ourselves at home this year brought back all those nostalgic memories.
(To be continued)
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P.S Green grapes wasn’t used in the wine making.
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