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Not sure that it does - I still need a tried and tested method.

I have made a myrtle liqueur for several years now, but I came here because I would like to make wine from them also. It is an abundant wild fruit here in Corfu. One of the the most common and popular jams in French supermarkets is Myrtilles - it is delicious. The flowers are beautiful, but I...

I think you might be horrified to see the way Greek families make their wine for the year. The 54 litre carboys are washed out in the garden with a hosepipe, the liquid from the press is collected in an old yoghurt tub and strained through a plastic colander to get the wasps out. The gravity is...

I have made wine before and myrtle products are widely available in Europe, even the leaves are used in cooking. As I am in Greece. maybe I should adopt the Greek approach to measuring gravity - place a fresh egg in the wine, see how quickly it sinks, and then argue with my neighbours about how...

I live in Corfu and the headlands here are are covered in arbutus and common myrtle (Myrtus communis). I usually make liqueurs from myrtle which can be picked right now, but the 95% raw spirit available in French and Italian supermarkets is not available in Greece. I would like to make wine...