Wine making goes back thousands of years, with the earliest evidence of winemaking dating back to 7000 BC. Humans have been busy perfecting the process ever since. Here is a recipe for an easy elderflower wine that captures the essense of summertime. The best part is that this recipe is not complicated.
Made with the lacy, cream-colored flowers of the elderberry shrub (Sambucus nigra or S. canadensis), elderflower wine is a lightly alcoholic beverage with a delicate taste that just about anyone can make.
These beautiful blossoms grow all over where I live. Now that I know what to look for this time of year, all I have to do is drive down one of our country roads to see these beauties growing all along the roadsides. Just be sure that wherever you are harvesting from is free of chemical spays and pollutants.