Mimosa Flower Wine

[non-grapenut]

Now that the Mimosa trees are in full bloom here in the South, I was wondering if anyone has tried the Jack Keller recipe listed below and if it's worth a hoot to go and get skeeter bit this weekend:

http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/request235.asp

Lynn

 

[non-grapenut]

Well, my daughter and I went out and filled a ziploc gallon bag full of mimosa flowers. Real interesting...didn't take long at all since the picken's were easy...pull a limb down and just start pulling flower heads off. The worse part was soaking them to remove the bugs (some beetles and inchworms, some spiders...nothing real formidible.) Then I had to pick all the stems off of the flowers. They smelled really good--made the whole house smell like honeysuckle, a bit. I do have to say, though, that after 1 day of pitched yeast, it does smell like cat spray. I will keep you all posted.