Berberis berries - anyone made wine with them?

[oldstout]

Me and Mrs oldstout just stripped about 1kg of these berries from the tree/bush in the garden, I knew they were ready as they are now dropping and the birds are in the bushes eating them too. I've checked and they are not poisonous, and I reckon with the juice that comes out of these I could get a good looking (dunno about the taste though) red wine :wha:

Anyone tried them?

Preparation advice is what I need really, they have four small seeds and I reckon I don't want them in the mix in case they bitter things, hopefully one of you can point me in the direction of a decent recipe for a DJ full? I haven't consulted my CJJ Berry book yet as I've just finished rinsing them, but no doubt theres got to be a way to get some use out of these - hopefully :thumb:

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[narmour]

have you tasted them? no doubt a decent tasting berry makes a decent tasting wine.

 

[Casey76]

Does this help...

http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/barberry.asp

 

[oldstout]

have you tasted them? no doubt a decent tasting berry makes a decent tasting wine.

Yes and they taste pretty good, it may just be me but I think they are grapey :thumb:


The colour is stunning when you squeeze them too

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[Wendy1971]

The berries are very sharp in taste but are rich in vitamin c health wine springs to mind :thumb:

 

[oldstout]

Does this help...

http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/barberry.asp

Hey Casey76 you are a gem! :thumb:

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[oldstout]

The berries are very sharp in taste but are rich in vitamin c health wine springs to mind :thumb:

Hey Wendy, nowt like getting ya vit C whilst supping home brew :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

They are very palatable to me, and the thrushes are going nuts for them - pretending to be blue **** to get at these....

....well, they were before we stripped them off :rofl:

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[oldstout]

it's made :thumb:

I hope it tastes as good as it looks :pray: :pray:

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I thought I'd push the boat out and do a pictorial step by step, until my cameraphone battery packed up..... :evil:


Anyway - the bars open apparently, Mrs os is in the garden sipping Chard so it'd be rude not to join her - dunno who'll do the kids teas mind :hmm:

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[oldstout]

OH LORDY!!!!!

This has finally stopped fermenting and I couldn't resist a sniff - smells FERRRRRRRRKIN amazing!!!!!!!!!!! :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

Just hope it tastes like it smells

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