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Enjoying Dandelion Wine

Dec 26, 2011
Melissa
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Dandelion Wine

Dandelion Wine

It’s just past the solstice, the darkest part of the year, time to remember the freshness of spring by opening a bottle of dandelion wine!

Remember back in May?

We put up a few bottles of wine after gathering a gallon of dandelion flowers…

Dandelion Flowers for Wine

Dandelion Flowers for Wine

We steeped the flowers and simmered the tea with cloves, oranges, lemons, and raisins…

To add to wine

To add to wine

It fermented for weeks until it was ready to be bottled.

And now, to welcome back the light and remember the spring, we opened the wine…huzzah! It is delicious (if you like super sweet wine ;-) )

Cheers!

We will definitely make more again next year.

~View the Original Post on Making Dandelion Wine

And now today, December 26, we were walking around the neighborhood and what did we see?? Dandelion flowers in bloom!

Dandelion in bloom December 26 in Pittsburgh, PA.

Dandelion in bloom December 26 in Pittsburgh, PA.

More on what else we saw to follow. Hint: lots of edibles!!

‘Til then,

Happy Foraging!

Melissa Sokulski from Food Under Foot

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  • Ackah Ethel
    Melissa and family,  HAPPY NEW YEAR!! and looking forward to staying in touch and learning about the natural earth.  Yes, I have tried the dandelion wine recipe that I have.  Could you share yours as to whether you put yeast in it or not.  Love all of your articles.  Ethel
  • Hi Ethel,
    Yes, we did use yeast. You'll find the recipe (with lots of pictures) in a May, 2011 post about making dandelion wine. There is a link to it in this post as well. (Let me know if you still can't find it and I'll send it directly.) Did you use yeast in yours?
    ~ Melissa
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