Dessert from Summer's orchards,
peaches ripe and sweet.
Sunshine in a bottle,
brought up from Winter's sleep.
Started in a crock
at least a century old.
West Virginia heritage -
sometimes sweet, always bold.
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My peach wine experiment was brought up out of its resting place this weekend, and I am much pleased. Definitely a dessert wine - very sweet - but very smooth with a warmth at the end. Ignoring it for several months smoothed all the initial harshness out. This is an experiment that will now have to repeated, although I need to lighten up on the sweetness.
Congratulations! Hope you enjoy it!
ReplyDeleteAnd now comes the tinkering. And we're coming into strawberry season...
DeleteSuch an attempt is always sweeter (sorry, couldn't help myself) when it comes to fruition.
ReplyDelete(Thus ends the Parade o' Bad Jokes & Puns)
Ow! Ow ow!
DeleteHave you ever tried to make wine? It's surprisingly easy, and the results are quite good. Not that there's anything wrong with peach-infused spirits!
ReplyDeleteIf you're into such things, check out the Alaskan Bootlegger's Bible -- it's an awesome compendium of information on brewing, distilling, and infusing all sorts of hootch.
Thanks - actually this IS wine, not an infusion. That book does look like a good resource.
DeleteSounds like college days back when...
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I just have to make sure the bottles of mead don't explode this time!
DeleteVery nice, I hadn't thought about peach wine in years!!!
ReplyDeleteI live for peach season here.
DeleteI love homemade peach Brandy.So this sounds good.
ReplyDeleteI wish I was close enough to get a sample.
Bob reminded me when I started that this was wine since it isn't distilled. I may also try one of the recipes that combine peaches (or plums, which also come in at the same time)and hard liqour, too.
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