. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. **• By DENNIS LYNARD As the hobby of making wine at home grows more and more popular, amateur enologists are turning to some of the almost forgotten folk wines of the past—such as cranberry. Whether it is served at cellar temperature during the festive hohday period or over ice on a warm summer day, cranberry wine seems to complement the occasion. It's a tasty companion to turkey, beef, lamb or pork and is especially good alone, either as an apertif or after dinner. Nearly all the equipment you'll need to make this medium-sweet win
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. **• By DENNIS LYNARD As the hobby of making wine at home grows more and more popular, amateur enologists are turning to some of the almost forgotten folk wines of the past—such as cranberry. Whether it is served at cellar temperature during the festive hohday period or over ice on a warm summer day, cranberry wine seems to complement the occasion. It's a tasty companion to turkey, beef, lamb or pork and is especially good alone, either as an apertif or after dinner. Nearly all the equipment you'll need to make this medium-sweet wine can be found around the house. A 2-GALLON plastic pail will work perfectly as a primary fer- mentation vessel for starting one gallon of wine. You can also use a 2-gallon stone crock, often found in local antique stores. Stainless steel also can be used, but it's the only metal that should ever come into contact with your wine. Other metals, such as iron or tin, can impart bad flavors as a result of chemicals formed by the fermentation process acting on the metal. A sheet of plastic makes the best cover for any size fermentation vessel. Tie it down with string, rubber bands or strips of elastic pinned together. The cover doesn't have to be airtight. At this stage, its purpose is to keep out dust and fruit flies. A nylon bag or even a woman's nylon stocking can be used to hold the berries and raisins and keep any stems, seeds or pulp out of the 8 primary fermentor. Syphoning the wine is done with a 6 foot length of l^-inch plastic tubing, readily available at a drug or hardware store. SECONDARY fermentors, which hold the wine for its longest period of fermentation, are usually glass so that you can observe the wine for clarity. One gallon distilled water or apple cider bottles work fine (start saving them early!). Fermentation locks can be purchased at a wine making supply store or mail order house. This is a low-pressure valve inserted into a rubber plug that fits snugly
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