Yes, it is the best. I still have 5-6 quarts from the 5 gallons I
made 2015. No fruit last year, nada, not even the elder wild
apples.
I made Peary from Asian Pears...that harvest was probably 6
bushels, an apple cider vinegar and a Concord grape.
We made cider and hard cider but just no time this year.
This year no Asian pears, well, just a few we ate Fresh.
Late Spring frost. A frost tender tree. Bear got my regular pears
and broke three limbs. Caught him sitting in it, bear-handed.
Lots of apples this year. 6 bushels so far and 4x that still on trees.
Not sure how much more we will have time for. A hour or two on
a 12 ft lader is about my limit.
I know you are posting about using wine but the process is similar
and reminded me I can use up some box wine I've been using for
cooking and make a batch when I start a batch of apple cider
vinegar. So, thanks for that reminder!
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