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Heads of ripe black elderberries beside a bottle of deep purple homemade elderberry wine.
Elderberry wine: autumn's richest hedgerow wine
Why elderberry makes the deepest country wine, how to identify and strip the berries safely, the four-stage method, and why this one really needs ageing.
Freshly picked blackberries beside a demijohn of deep red country wine on a farmhouse kitchen table.
Blackberry wine at home: the September hedgerow classic
Why blackberry is the best first country wine, the kit and equipment you need, the four fermentation stages explained, and how to fix a batch that misbehaves.
Basket of foraged blackberries, elderberries and sloes on a rustic wooden table beside a hedgerow.
Hedgerow foraging for beginners: what to pick in late summer and autumn
The six hedgerow fruits a beginner can pick with confidence, when each one ripens, the safety and legal rules, and how to turn a haul into country wine.
Hedgerow wine making kit with demijohn, airlock and foraged blackberries for homemade fruit wine
Making Fruit Wine at Home: The Hedgerow Wine Tradition
What hedgerow wine is, the fruits that make the best country wine, what the kit supplies versus what you add, and the four stages in plain English.

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