Eva Blouch’s Currant Wine

If you’re longing for a more grown-up use for your currant crop, try this simple, quick-to-make currant wine recipe.

By Andrew Weidman
Email Facebook Facebook Pinterest Twitter Twitter
article image
Adobe Stock/Marina Lohrbach

Ingredients

  • 6 cups red currants
  • 6 cups water
  • 5 cups sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon yeast

Directions

  • Crush currants with a potato masher, and mix all ingredients together in a 1-gallon jar.
  • Cover jar opening with a cloth secured with a rubber band, and then set outside in a protected location to ferment.
  • Stir gently once a day for seven days. Allow to rest another seven days.
  • Strain into a new jar and allow to rest another few days, to finish fermenting.
  • Bottle wine and cap loosely for a few more days before sealing for storage. Store in a cool, dark place.
PRINT RECIPE

A family friend, Richard Yingst Sr., offered to share this currant wine recipe with readers.

Learn how to grow and harvest currants in All About Growing Currants.

Email Facebook Facebook Pinterest Twitter Twitter
Recipes You May Also Like
Teatime Muffins with Jam image
Teatime Muffins with Jam
  • By Leah Smith
If you love putting up jams and jellies but want another way of eating them than on common toast, this sweet treat will be a feast for your taste buds and your eyes.
Blueberry Rhubarb Jam image
Blueberry Rhubarb Jam
  • By Leah Smith
Black Raspberry Jam Recipe image
Black Raspberry Jam Recipe
  • By Staff