Welcome to our plot!

I'm Hazel, and in Nov 2006 my friend Jane and I took on a half plot at Hill Allotments, Sutton Coldfield - we want the satisfaction of growing and eating our own fruit and veg, and to improve our diet (and fitness!).

This is the story of what happened next...........

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Here's One I Prepared Earlier...

Looking at the photos of the gooseberry & redcurrant wines from yesterday, at this stage they do look rather murky – & if the redcurrant didn’t save the day with its fine colour, you could quite rightly argue that they look pretty unappetising at the moment.

However, they will clear with time, & to illustrate the point, here is a glass of pea pod wine poured this evening which was started in August last year, & is delightfully clear as a bell.

It has a distinctively earthy taste – this is not unpleasant (it tastes ‘real’ somehow & quite the opposite of the ‘chemically’ aftertaste of some wines) – it’s just rather unexpected…
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3 comments:

  1. BilboWaggins30 July 2009 at 08:34:00 BST

    and what's wrong with earthy? she asks, thinking of the earliest new potatoes barely rubbed clean of soil and tasting deliciously peaty.

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  2. Kath30 July 2009 at 19:53:00 BST

    Clear as a bell! Lovely.

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  3. Hazel31 July 2009 at 00:34:00 BST

    There is nothing wrong with earthy, of course Bilbo, although that is a little unusual in a wine...

    ...and knowing your views on vegetable wines, Flum, your comment is praise indeed - thank you!

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