Days of Wine and Roses

Posted by Jack Keller's WineBlog in General, OtherMar 12th, 2009 | no responses A very dear friend who recently lost his wife of over half a century discovered a box among his wife's hidden treasures. In it was a single bottle of wine bearing a label that said she made the wine from the petals of the roses he gave her on their 45th anniversary. He didn't know she had made it and of course has no intention of ever opening it. But when he told my wife and me of the wine I remembered I had a gallon of rose petal wine waiting to be bottled.... My wine was made from flowers from my wife's rose bushes. It turned out quite well and three of the five bottles have been given as gifts. It is quite easy to make and I urge one and all to try making it one day. Here is my favorite tried and true recipe. Read more....