but last year my giddiness reached new levels when I tried homemade plum wine, or umeshu, for the first time. Plums? And wine? Two of my favorite things together at last--in sweet, boozy harmony!

In the wake of the homemade YEAST, let's see how to use our yeasts to make wine. Today, in fact, we are preparing the WATERMELON WINE, a perfect project for the summer that is just around the corner.

Experts believe it will become harder to tell subtle aromas apart as warmer temperatures make wine sweeter and more 'jammy' with fewer traditional floral or earthy flavours. The heat is also ...