Without attempting to inject ourselves into the moral question as to whether you should 

 drink wine, or should not, we have always thought it interesting that one of the funda- 

 mental rights of any head of the household (and these seem to be less all the time) is the 

 right to make two hundred gallons of wine per year, tax free, for one's personal use. This 

 was a very old custom in many families, even during prohibition. One of the best recipes 

 for strawberry wine is as follows: 



8 quarts strawberries 2 gals, water 



6 to 8 lbs. sugar x k lb. raisins 



2 lemons 3 A oz.. yeast (3 packages) 



1. Wash the strawberries under cold water, put them into a crock. Mash them thoroughly 

 with a wooden spoon. 



2. Add the water and let stand for three days, mashing and stirring the berries at least 

 three times a day. 



3. Strain the liquid through a kitchen towel, squeezing the juice out — every drop. 



4. Add the sugar, 6 to 8 pounds, depending on how sweet you want the wine to be, and 

 dissolve it thoroughly. 



5. Add the cut-up raisins and the thin rinds and juice of the lemons. 



6. Heat half of the liquid and return it to the cold, so that the whole becomes lukewarm. 



7. Dissolve the yeast in % cup water (warm) and put that in. Cover and let it ferment. 



8. When the fermentation is ended strain the wine into gallon jars and let it rest for two 

 weeks. 



9. Then siphon into bottles if clear; if not, fine it. 



There is no charge for permit to make up to 200 gallons for personal use. Write for Form 

 1541 to Alcohol Tax Unit, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Treasury Dept., Washington, D. C. 

 BEWARE! TAKE CARE HOW YOU COMPLETE THIS FORM. The following item appeared 

 in Wall Street Journal on October 23, 1971: "The IRS is male chauvinist," steamed Mrs. 

 Patricia Murphy, a suburban Philadelphia housewife, a week or so ago. It seems the IRS 

 rejected her application to renew her license to make up to 200 gallons of wine a year, tax 

 free, for family consumption. The provision is limited to heads of families. Mrs. Murphy 

 claims the IRS can only see Mr. Murphy in that role. But the IRS says it has no rule that a 

 head of family must be the husband. It says that Mrs. Murphy said she wasn't family head 

 when she filled out the form." 



Interest in the art of wine-making at home has intensified and the rankest amateur will 

 have no trouble in finding all the materials he needs for making good wine. Department 

 stores and mail-order houses sell complete kits and the local library is an excellent source 

 of information on the art of wine-making. Since it is an art and all artists seem to have a 

 language of their own, it is apropos to give you some of the terms most widely used in 

 wine-making: 



Aroma — The scent of the fruit of which stronger or to keep it from changing. 



the wine is made. Also used to stop fermentation. 



Bouquet — The perfume of the wine after Hydrometer — Graduated glass instrument 



proper aging. to measure the density of your wine. 



Fermentation — The change brought about Lees — Sediment found at the bottom of 



by the activity of yeast enzymes, con- wine container after fermentation and 



verting sugar content to ethyl alcohol. maturing. 



Fine — To clear completely of all sediment, Must — Any juice in process of fermenta- 



cloudiness. tion. When it is fermented, it is wine. 



Fortifying — Adding spirits to make wine Vigneron — He, or she, who makes wine. 



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