Bunch-Cherry Wine
Comments: If you hesitate on the amount of sugar, you will get lots of vinegar!
Servings: 25 to 30 bottles
  • 16 cups [4 L] tart bunch-cherries
  • 48 cups [12 L] water
  • 5 pounds [2.3 kg] sugar
  • 2 envelopes [30 mL / 2 tablespoons] active dry yeast
  • 1 pound [454 g] blue grapes [optional]
  • Mix together all ingredients into a very large container such as a new, desinfected trash can.
  • Leave to ferment for 90 to 95 days, stirring every 2 days.
  • On the 76th day, strain to remove fruits.
  • Strain many times until the end of fermentation time.
  • Pour into sterilized bottles with corks.
  • Keep cool.
  • The older the wine, the better it will taste.