How to Make Your Own Dandelion Blossom Wine at Home

Dandelion wine is truly excellent. If you are going to try and make it yourself, then make sure only the yellow petals are used. Absolutely no green parts should be allowed in the mix. It makes an incredibly sweet and potent sparkling white wine, but not too sweet.

This recipe allows you to make your own dandelion blossom wine at home with just a few ingredients. Makes some pretty good vino! This is an old recipe my grandmother gave me a long time ago. Enjoy.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 1 gallon of water
• 1 gallon bucket of dandelion blooms without stems
• 4 lemons
• 4 oranges
• 8 cups of sugar
• 1 package of baker' s yeast

1. Squeeze the lemons and oranges and also add the rinds in a container with the water.

2. Boil it all together for half an hour and eventually let it sit for twenty four hours.

3. Take the mixture and strain it into a large glass jar. Add the sugar and the yeast.

4. Cover the jar and let it rest for two weeks in a cool and dark area. After the two weeks pass stir it and eventually pour it into wine bottles.

5. Make wine labels with your name on it and give these as gifts for the holidays.

Tips & Warnings

• Here are a few sites that actually personalize wine labels for you:
• http://www.suvinowinery.com/c-13-custom-label-templates.aspx
• http://www.homebrewery.com/wine/wine-bottle-labels.shtml
• http://www.myownlabels.com/ML119.asp?fnColumns=4&AreaID=4&source=googleWN3a&gclid=CJ-UheD59JwCFVhh2gode2wgBQ
• Make sure your ingredients are fresh.
• Make sure you use glass and not plastic. It makes i huge difference in the taste of the wine.
• The pollen of composite flowers like dandelions is highly allergenic and may cause reactions in sensitive individuals. Sufferers of asthma, ragweed, and hayfever should not consume composite flowers, and may have extreme allergies to ingesting any flowers at all.