Progress Report: Bay Leaf Wine

Posted by Jack Keller's WineBlog in General, OtherApr 29th, 2009 | no responses Back in April of 2008 I discussed how I go about devising recipes for something never before tried or for which I could find no adequate recipe. The first one I illustrated was Bay Leaf Wine. As I said at the time, I had no idea how many bay leaves would be required to make this wine but I had plenty thanks to a dear friend who lives in the Sierra Nevadas of California and has a bay laurel ("Laurus nobilis") growing on his property. I then walked through the steps of determining how many bay leaves would be required for a gallon of wine by making an infusion and diluting it at various strengths. When I settled on a strength, I did the math and devised the recipe. Now, nine months later, I bottled the wine. My wife and I are most pleased with it and so I am posting here the tweaked and final recipe. Read more....