Ive not tasted anything yet, but picked a load a few weeks ago.
Ive gone for Hips and Haws cos they grow together
Its a long term project as it takes over a year to mature.
This is what I found on the web
Winemaking Ingredients: Hawthorn Wine - Wine Making Guides
4 pints hawthorn berries
3 lb / 1,350 grams sugar
1 lb / 450 grams sultanas
Citric acid
Campden tablet
Yeast energizer
Water up to 1 gallon
Wine yeast
rose hip wine is considered by some to be second in quality only to grape wines. Others may feel less strongly about it, but all agree that a good, mature rose hip wine is very good indeed. Pick 2 to 3-1/2 pounds of rose hips per gallon of wine. The bottled wine must age at LEAST two years to mature to its potential. Young rose hip wine will be almost undrinkable.
· 3-1/2 pounds of rose hips
· 2-2/3 lbs finely granulated sugar
· 7-1/3 pts water
· 1 tsp acid blend
· 1/2 tsp pectic enzyme
· 1 tsp yeast nutrient
· Montrachet wine yeast
http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/reques46.asp
Put the water on to boil. Meanwhile, cut the stems and ends off the rose hips. Chop the hips coarsely, put in nylon straining bag, and tie bag closed. Put bag and sugar in primary. Pour boiling water over these and stir well to dissolce sugar. Cover primary and set aside to cool. When room temperature, add pectic enzyme, acid blend and yeast nutrient. Recover and set aside 12 hours. Add yeast. Stir twice daily for 8-9 days. Drain and squeeze bag to extract juice. Pour juice into secondary. Fit airlock and set in dark place for 6 weeks. Rack into sterilized secondary, top up and refit airlock. Return to dark place and rack again after 3 months, top up and refit airlock. Return to dark place for 3 months. If wine has not cleared, fine with gelatin, wait two weeks, and rack again. When clear, bottle. Age additional 18-24 months in dark place. [Adapted recipe from Steven A. Krause's Making Wines from the Wild]
http://www.wine-making-guides.com/rose_hip_wine.html
Winemaking Ingredients: Rose Hip Wine - Wine Making Guides
2 1/2 lb / 1,100 grams fresh rosehips
1 lemon
1 orange
3 lb / 1,350 grams sugar
Pectin enzyme
Water up to 1 gallon
Yeast nutrient
Wine yeast
A good berry id site
http://www.countrylovers.co.uk/wfs/wfsberries.htm