To each one pint preserving jar, add one apricot and half and half syrup and brandy. WINE QUIZ 1. Because light injures some wines 2. To help collect the sediment deposited by some wines during the aging in bottle process. Usually 100 pounds per square inch, caused by carbon dioxide gas naturally formed during a second fermentation.
Sediment is quite harmless and is often found in old wines.
The presence of sediment in wine that was good and sound when bottled usually indicates that the wine has naturally clarified itself and improved while aging in the bottle. Because the rounded bottom permits the lees or sediment formed during the aging process to be deposited in a small space. Small quantities of cider may be made with less trouble. Take 45 quarts of ripe blackberries well picked and pressed, and mix them with 10 pounds of good honey and 26 pounds of strong, bright moist sugar. Secure the hung, paste strong white paper or coarse linen over it, and place plenty of sand over all, wetted a little.