Blackberry wine was the natural choice of wine after a day spent picking brambles for 2021's batch. The wine was delicious and bursting with bramble flavour. Rather better than the vegetarian moussaka I made to accompany it, which, despite its vegetarian credentials, would have benefitted greatly from a chicken stock cube. The rest of the evening was spent watching The Crown and then reading A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, which is witty and beautifully written. One of those books that manages to be engaging despite a paper-thin plot.
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| A grave from which I picked brambles |
How lovely to drink Blackberry wine after picking this year's lovely little gems!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. And this year seems to have been a good one for blackberries. Rather poor for elderberries, however. I struggled to get the 6 lbs I needed for a double batch of that. There will eventually be a blog post about this.
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