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I've tried before and only turned out horrid stuff. This year I finally figured it out. This is the only fruit I don't use raw, but cook or steam out the juice. It is absolutely loaded with anthocyanins and antioxidants. The color is so dark it is listed by the federal alcohol bureau as an accepted wine colorant. It stains everything, including your hands. It contains a type of latex that makes cleanup difficult. We finish our elderberry with French Oak. It is getting more lovely every day!
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Varietal Definition
Elderberry:
Sometimes referred to as the “Englishman’s grape,” the common elderberry has been used to make wine for hundreds — possibly thousands — of years. By themselves, elderberries make a rich, flavorful wine, but they have long been added to other fruit and berry wines, including grape, to add color, tannin and complexity. Indeed, over the years, several “scandals” occurred when commercial wineries were discovered to have adulterated their grape wines by adding elderberry to improve their color. Home winemakers, of course, can use them for this purpose, if they so desire.
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