One of our first dates was berry picking, and we picked dandelions (flowers) too, for the wine we were making. The dandelion wine was magnificent, we used honey, and it turned into an amazing carbonated mead. We drank all the bottles slowly over the ensuing years. Was an amazing treat we shared with friends and family during holidays or special celebrations. And the dandelion flowers added a beautiful yellow color to the wine.

We used a recipe from some old ear-worn 1950s copy of a little how-to manual. Think it’s in one of my unpacked boxes. We pretty much stopped brewing beer, making wine, or roasting coffee beans when we had kids. Don’t think we have it in us yet to start up again. Maybe next year? I should add, my dh is really the impetus for these things, I just help.

Here’s a couple of sites i found:
http://www.winepros.org/wine101/enology.htm
http://wineserver.ucdavis.edu/content.php?category=Winemaking