Flower wines & sultanas

[crafty john]

I am planning some flower wines very shortly when hawthorn and elder start flowering, I have a few recepies which include sultanas, I am a little concerned because all sultanas these days contain vegetable oil and sulphites. Will this affect the fermenting process and or the flavour of the wine?

Cheers

[Mitchamitri]

Not all - the ones in the red boxes from california (Sun maid) don't. Other thing you could do is wash it all off under a hot tap - but dont say i suggested that.......!

[crafty john]

Not all - the ones in the red boxes from california (Sun maid) don't. Other thing you could do is wash it all off under a hot tap - but dont say i suggested that.......!

I think I might try washing them as the sunmaid ones are pretty expensive. If that doesn't work is there anyting I can use instead of sultanas?

cheers

[Mitchamitri]

Grapes!!
Raisins, sultanas, and currants are sim,ilar enough to intechange, although currants can be more bitter. Don't use mixed dried fruit as the peel amkes the final product "oily" in taste

[tatlock]

I have just bought some raisons from Asda.
I was going to add them to some fermenting prune juice i have on the go atm.
The packet says 99% raisons and vegetable oil.(no preservatives!)
The plan was to just chuck them in but now i think i should wash them first?

[DREADSKIN]

chop or blend then wack them in. that what i do anyhow