Comments on: Rhubarb Wine http://www.washingtonwinemaker.com/blog/2007/05/03/rhubarb-wine/ Growing grapes and making wine in Bellevue Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:52:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: admin http://www.washingtonwinemaker.com/blog/2007/05/03/rhubarb-wine/#comment-18 admin Wed, 23 May 2007 02:43:08 +0000 http://www.washingtonwinemaker.com/blog/2007/05/03/rhubarb-wine/#comment-18 Hello arfi, I have four rhubarb plants, and last year my harvest was 3.5 lb (about 1.6 kg). I wrote 4 lb in my posting, but I just double-checked my notes and I see I recorded 3.5 lb. Traditional recipes call for 2-4 lb of rhubarb per gallon (250-500 grams/liter) of wine, so I made a gallon (a little less than 4 liters) of wine. I was hoping for more this year, but I'm off to a slow start. I plan to document the progress of my rhubarb wine from spring growth to harvest to fermentation (probably in the fall) to bottling (probably next fall) to tasting - with details and photos of each step. I have made wine from apples, plums, blueberries, raspberries, cherries, rhubarb, and grapes. Not pears - not yet anyway. If I can get my hands on some, you know I'll be fermenting them! Thanks for stopping in, Erroll Hello arfi,

I have four rhubarb plants, and last year my harvest was 3.5 lb (about 1.6 kg). I wrote 4 lb in my posting, but I just double-checked my notes and I see I recorded 3.5 lb. Traditional recipes call for 2-4 lb of rhubarb per gallon (250-500 grams/liter) of wine, so I made a gallon (a little less than 4 liters) of wine. I was hoping for more this year, but I’m off to a slow start.

I plan to document the progress of my rhubarb wine from spring growth to harvest to fermentation (probably in the fall) to bottling (probably next fall) to tasting - with details and photos of each step.

I have made wine from apples, plums, blueberries, raspberries, cherries, rhubarb, and grapes. Not pears - not yet anyway. If I can get my hands on some, you know I’ll be fermenting them!

Thanks for stopping in,

Erroll

]]> By: arfi http://www.washingtonwinemaker.com/blog/2007/05/03/rhubarb-wine/#comment-17 arfi Wed, 23 May 2007 02:07:35 +0000 http://www.washingtonwinemaker.com/blog/2007/05/03/rhubarb-wine/#comment-17 And how do you make wine out of rhubarb, I wonder. You must need patches of rhubarb to make a bottle of wine, mustn't you? We have a great paddock, crammed with assorted fruit, about 24 of them are Nashi pears, you know those pears which are very juicy. They said they are originated from Japan. So, last Summer, they were dropped to the ground, attracted bees, wasps and turkeys (well, we enjoyed them too), but we thought what a waste! We were thinking if someone would like to make wine out of them. Do you grow the similar pears as well? And how do you make wine out of rhubarb, I wonder. You must need patches of rhubarb to make a bottle of wine, mustn’t you? We have a great paddock, crammed with assorted fruit, about 24 of them are Nashi pears, you know those pears which are very juicy. They said they are originated from Japan. So, last Summer, they were dropped to the ground, attracted bees, wasps and turkeys (well, we enjoyed them too), but we thought what a waste! We were thinking if someone would like to make wine out of them. Do you grow the similar pears as well?

]]> By: Washington Winemaker » Blog Archive » Rhubarb Wine: Rhubarb needs love too http://www.washingtonwinemaker.com/blog/2007/05/03/rhubarb-wine/#comment-6 Washington Winemaker » Blog Archive » Rhubarb Wine: Rhubarb needs love too Fri, 18 May 2007 16:54:57 +0000 http://www.washingtonwinemaker.com/blog/2007/05/03/rhubarb-wine/#comment-6 [...] do much for it. Well, that’s all true of rhubarb, unless you want to harvest a good crop. My first harvest of the year was pretty good, and better than last year. That made me feel pretty good about how the [...] […] do much for it. Well, that’s all true of rhubarb, unless you want to harvest a good crop. My first harvest of the year was pretty good, and better than last year. That made me feel pretty good about how the […]

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